| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| extrinsic |
not inherent or essential; extraneous. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |