| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| argot |
the vocabulary or jargon characteristic of a specific group or class, especially of criminals. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |