| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |