| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |