| cater |
to supply food or other service. |
| dais |
a raised platform for speakers or the seating of special guests. |
| expedient |
suitable or advantageous for the purpose or in the circumstances. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| inconsistency |
an instance of contradiction or illogic. |
| monumental |
massive, imposing, or extremely conspicuous. |
| mortify |
to subject (someone) to extreme embarrassment, shame, or humiliation. |
| proclivity |
a natural tendency or inclination; propensity or predisposition. |
| raucous |
loud, sharp, and rasping, as, at times, a bird's call or a human's voice or laugh. |
| receptive |
open and willing to accommodate new thoughts and ideas. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| salvageable |
able to be saved or rescued from damage or destruction. |
| sultry |
uncomfortably hot and humid. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |