| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |