| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| idyllic |
charmingly simple and natural, as a scene or experience; suggestive of peaceful countryside. |
| lachrymose |
weeping, tending to weep readily, or being on the point of tears; tearful. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |