| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| 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. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |