acclamation |
enthusiastic applause; loud expression of approval. |
aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
benefactor |
one who helps or brings good to an individual or an institution, usually by giving money. |
cadaverous |
of or resembling a corpse; pale and thin or emaciated. |
commandeer |
to force (a civilian) into, or seize (goods) for, the military. |
consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
disband |
of an organized group, to break up or disperse. |
dormer |
a window set vertically into a projecting structure on a sloping roof. |
inimitable |
impossible to mimic or copy, because of uniqueness or superiority. |
inordinate |
beyond the bounds of reason; excessive. |
martinet |
a person who enforces very strict discipline, especially in the military. |
peripheral |
related but not essential. |
prescience |
knowledge of future occurrences; foreknowledge. |
rostrum |
a raised platform or dais for public speaking. |
uncharted |
not recorded on any map; unexplored or unknown, as some geographical area or field of research. |