| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |