| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |