| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |