| antebellum |
in or of the period prior to a war, especially the American Civil War. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |