| cathartic |
of or pertaining to a cleansing emotional release. |
| dapple |
to mark or be marked with spots or mottling. |
| epitaph |
on a gravestone or tomb, an inscription commemorating the dead person. |
| garish |
marked by excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy. |
| gouge |
a cut or hole made with something sharp. |
| haggard |
having a very tired, worried, or wasted look. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| periphery |
the outer boundary or edge of an area or surface, or the region directly inside or outside of this. |
| poseur |
one who adopts an affected attitude or manner in order to impress others. |
| profuse |
great in amount or number. |
| severance |
the act, process, or result of breaking off or separating. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |
| undulate |
to move in waves or a wavelike motion. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |