| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| cavalier |
carefree and offhand; nonchalant. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |