| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| censure |
to criticize or condemn. |
| edifice |
a building, especially a large or impressive structure. |
| fresco |
the art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or limewater, or a picture produced by this method. |
| inducement |
something used to persuade someone to a course of action; incentive. |
| luxuriant |
growing thickly and in great numbers; lush. |
| mainstay |
the main support of something. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| omnivorous |
living on a diet of both plant and animal food. |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| ruminate |
to think at length; meditate. |
| segregate |
to separate or place apart from others. |
| turbid |
clouded or murky because of stirred-up particles or sediment; muddy. |
| unvaried |
marked by a lack of diversity; never changing. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |