| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |