| bower1 |
a pleasant, secluded alcove or shelter created by leafy trees or shrubbery. |
| didactic |
intended to educate or instruct, especially in moral values. |
| distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
| incongruity |
the condition of being inappropriate or inconsistent. |
| infidelity |
unfaithfulness, especially to marital vows; adultery. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| notation |
a system of signs used to stand for numbers, words, or musical notes. |
| pernicious |
having a very harmful or fatal effect; injurious, deadly, or destructive. |
| prelude |
an introductory event or act; preface; preliminary. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| suave |
polished and urbane. |
| unseemly |
not in accord with accepted social standards; improper; indecorous. |
| unspoken |
assumed without being expressed or spoken; implied. |
| waif |
a child without a home or friends. |