| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |