alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |