| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |