| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |