| carouse |
to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner. |
| corrugate |
to shape or bend or become shaped or bent into parallel, wavelike ridges and grooves. |
| hiatus |
a gap or break in activity, time, or space; interruption. |
| mannerism |
a distinctive and habitual behavioral characteristic. |
| overt |
openly apparent; not concealed. (Cf. covert.) |
| paltry |
small, trifling, or worthless. |
| polygamy |
the practice or state of having more than one spouse, especially more than one wife, at a time. |
| quiescent |
in a state of inaction or rest; dormant. |
| recumbent |
lying down; reclining. |
| sensual |
related to or providing pleasure from the ways humans perceive stimuli, such as through touch, taste, or smell. |
| sheaf |
a bound bundle of cut grain. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| tentative |
not yet fully developed or definitely decided; provisional. |
| vanguard |
the leading or foremost position or part of a movement or force; forefront. |