| abut |
to adjoin or press against; be next to; border on. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| reprobate |
an evil or lawless person, often beyond hope of redemption. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |