| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |