| ameliorate |
to make better; improve. |
| artisan |
a person skilled in making things, especially by using the hands. People such as those who make furniture, quilts, or other crafts are artisans. |
| betroth |
to pledge or give in marriage. |
| concord |
a state of agreement or harmony between persons or things. |
| fecund |
capable of producing abundant fruit or offspring; fruitful; fertile. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| habitable |
capable of being lived in. |
| psychiatrist |
a medical doctor who treats people with mental and emotional illnesses. |
| simultaneous |
existing, happening, or done at the same time. |
| stodgy |
lacking the ability or inclination to act informally or to find humor or enjoyment in things that others might; stuffy; prim. |
| sustenance |
nourishment that maintains life; food. |
| ultimatum |
a final statement of demands, especially when issued with a threat of action if rejected, as in a diplomatic discussion. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |
| vogue |
a popular fashion or style. |
| voluptuous |
full of or characterized by sensual pleasures. |