| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |