| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |