| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| antebellum |
in or of the period prior to a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| idyllic |
charmingly simple and natural, as a scene or experience; suggestive of peaceful countryside. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| pungency |
sharpness or bite in taste or smell. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| 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. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |