| bequest |
property handed down by will; legacy. |
| consequential |
coming after as an outcome or result. |
| dais |
a raised platform for speakers or the seating of special guests. |
| facilitate |
to make less difficult; help in the doing of. |
| frugal |
small in amount or cost; meager. |
| illicit |
not permitted by custom or law; illegitimate. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| malediction |
the expression of a wish that evil or harm come to someone; curse. |
| onerous |
unwanted, unpleasant, and burdensome. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| pliable |
easily bent; flexible; malleable. |
| promenade |
a leisurely walk, especially in a public place. |
| shoddy |
of low quality; poorly made or carried out. |
| simile |
a figure of speech in which two different things are compared by using the words "like" or "as." "March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lamb" is an example of a simile. |
| therapeutic |
of, pertaining to, or capable of healing; curative. |