| apparition |
a ghostly image; phantom; specter. |
| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| earthy |
realistic, practical, and unpretentious. |
| expedient |
suitable or advantageous for the purpose or in the circumstances. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| monologue |
a long speech or reading given by a single speaker. |
| natty |
(informal) neat, well-groomed, and smartly dressed; dapper. |
| sheaf |
a bound bundle of cut grain. |
| submissive |
inclined or obliged to submit; unresisting; obedient; docile. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |
| transmute |
to change into another form, substance, state, or the like. |
| voracious |
consuming large quantities of food with greed or great desire; ravenous. |