| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| entreat |
to beg for something, or to do something. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| plaudit |
(often plural) an enthusiastic show of approval, such as a round of applause or a very favorable review. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |