| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |