| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |