acclimate |
to become used to new weather conditions or surroundings. |
folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
montage |
the technique of juxtaposing or superimposing images in a photograph or on motion picture film. |
occult |
of, pertaining to, or with the aid of the supernatural. |
predecessor |
a person who holds a position or job before another person. |
preposterous |
totally unlikely, unbelievable, or senseless; absurd. |
presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
presumptuous |
excessively bold or forward. |
progeny |
a descendant, or descendants collectively; offspring. |
raconteur |
one who is talented in storytelling. |
rebuttal |
a statement or contention, as in a debate or legal case, that is intended to disprove or confute another. |
sedentary |
involving or characterized by sitting or little physical activity. |
solemnize |
to carry out the formalities of performance required by (an occasion). |
suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |