| audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| climatic |
of or pertaining to the weather conditions most prevailing in a place. |
| consecrate |
to commit or devote to some goal or service. |
| contiguous |
in contact; touching; adjoining. |
| entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. |
| impetus |
something that urges or impels; a driving force. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| pessimistic |
feeling in a negative way about things; expecting the worst to happen. |
| piquant |
of food, having a deliciously sharp or spicy taste. |
| prosaic |
straightforward and plain; unimaginative; dull. |
| provident |
showing wisdom and foresight in planning for the future. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| ruffian |
one who is tough and violent; bully; thug. |
| scandalous |
causing, or likely to cause, a scandal; shocking; disgraceful. |