| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |