apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
lambent |
glowing softly. |
macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |