| banter |
joking, clever conversation. |
| cozen |
to deceive or trick; swindle. |
| dexterity |
grace and easy quickness in using the hands or body; skill. |
| disseminate |
to spread widely, as though scattering seed. |
| dissimilar |
not alike; different. |
| effervescence |
high spirits; excitement; liveliness. |
| heresy |
a religious belief or doctrine not in keeping with the established doctrine of a church, especially the rejection of or dissent from any aspect of Roman Catholic Church dogma by a baptized church member. |
| infectious |
able to be given to others by infection. |
| leer |
to give a sideways or nasty look or smile suggestive of malicious or sexual thoughts. |
| nuptial |
of or relating to a wedding ceremony or to marriage. |
| pastoral |
of or relating to the country or country life; rural. |
| presumptive |
affording a reasonable basis for belief. |
| sensual |
related to or providing pleasure from the ways humans perceive stimuli, such as through touch, taste, or smell. |
| solemnity |
the condition or quality of being grave or serious. |
| sully |
to make dirty or tarnished. |