| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |