| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| asterisk |
a sign (*). It is used to show that there is other information on the page that explains the information where the sign is placed. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| idyllic |
charmingly simple and natural, as a scene or experience; suggestive of peaceful countryside. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |