| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| extralegal |
not regulated or permitted by law; outside of legal authority. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |