| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |