| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |