| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |