| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |