| auspice |
(usually plural) sponsorship or protection; patronage. |
| bilious |
ill-tempered; irritable. |
| cede |
to give up or surrender, especially formally. |
| disputatious |
inclined to quarrel or provoke argument. |
| distill |
to subject (a substance) to heat to the point of vaporization, and then to cooling to produce condensation. |
| dogged |
persistent or stubborn. |
| loquacity |
the quality or an instance of talking a great deal or excessively; talkativeness. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| nostalgia |
a longing for the past. |
| nuptial |
of or relating to a wedding ceremony or to marriage. |
| privation |
lack of necessities or common comforts of life. |
| propagate |
to reproduce (offspring) or cause to reproduce. |
| quintessence |
that which most perfectly describes or typifies something; essence. |
| reproach |
to express disapproval of or disappointment with (someone); censure. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |