| alcove |
a partly enclosed area of a room. |
| celestial |
of or having to do with the sky or outer space. |
| cessation |
a pausing or stopping; discontinuance. |
| compulsive |
driven by an obsession or compulsion. |
| conspirator |
a person who is involved in a plot with others to perform or a criminal or wrongful act. |
| corpulent |
fat; portly; obese. |
| derange |
to cause to be mentally ill. |
| disavow |
to deny having (knowledge, intention, or the like). |
| incisive |
marked by clear, penetrating thought; sharp. |
| motley |
made up of a contrasting variety of types, appearances, or the like; very heterogeneous. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| pugnacious |
ready or eager to fight; overly aggressive or quarrelsome. |
| quip |
a short, humorous, clever, and often sarcastic utterance. |
| rite |
a formal ceremonial procedure prescribed or customary for a specific occasion, as in religious worship. |
| servile |
very submissive to another's authority; slavish. |