| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |