| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |