| bedizen |
to dress or decorate in a flashy, garish fashion. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| diligent |
trying hard and steadily to achieve a goal. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| fledgling |
a young bird that has just grown flight feathers or learned to fly. |
| officiate |
to function as a priest or minister in a religious ceremony. |
| profundity |
that which involves great insight or intellectual depth. |
| propitious |
offering favorable circumstances or conditions; opportune; promising. |
| reparation |
the act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury. |
| rudiment |
(often plural) something in an initial, imperfect, or undeveloped form. |
| scapegoat |
one made to bear the blame for the wrongs of others. |
| sinewy |
of sinew, or sinewlike; strong; tough. |
| sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
| suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |
| unconscionable |
not restrained or guided by a concern for what is right and just; unprincipled. |