| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| ersatz |
serving as a substitute, especially when of inferior quality. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| impinge |
to encroach. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| 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. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |