| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| befall |
to happen to. |
| dais |
a raised platform for speakers or the seating of special guests. |
| delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
| fetid |
having a foul odor; stinking. |
| labyrinthine |
complex and intricate to the point of being puzzling. |
| pestilence |
an epidemic, usually deadly, disease; plague. |
| ravish |
to overwhelm with emotion or sensation; enrapture. |
| realist |
a person who tends to see or present things as they actually are. |
| reciprocate |
to give (feelings or things) in return. |
| segregate |
to separate or place apart from others. |
| singular |
extraordinary or exceptional. |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. |
| spurious |
not genuine, authentic, or valid; false. |
| stoic |
showing little or no reaction to painful or pleasant experiences; unmoved; impassive. |