| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| adamantine |
firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |