| accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
| breach |
an act of breaking a law or promise. |
| cerebral |
characterized by intellect or reason. |
| delectable |
extremely pleasing to the taste; delicious. |
| fanaticism |
excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm or support for something. |
| fresco |
the art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or limewater, or a picture produced by this method. |
| hilarity |
noisy or boisterous merriment. |
| homogeneous |
having all parts of the same or a similar type. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| libel |
in law, written or printed matter that is false, damages a person's reputation or material well-being, and arises from malice or extreme negligence. |
| lineage1 |
descent from or the descendants of a common or particular ancestor or ancestry. |
| mien |
one's manner or bearing. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| raucous |
loud, sharp, and rasping, as, at times, a bird's call or a human's voice or laugh. |
| rote |
unthinking or mechanical routine or habit. |