| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| recant |
to withdraw from commitment to (a former position or statement), especially publicly; retract. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |