| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |