| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |