| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |