| alcove |
a partly enclosed area of a room. |
| climatic |
of or pertaining to the weather conditions most prevailing in a place. |
| corpulent |
fat; portly; obese. |
| cupidity |
exceptional desire for money or other material possessions; greed. |
| depreciate |
to lower the cost or value of, especially of property for tax purposes, or of money. |
| derivation |
the source of a thing; origin. |
| douse1 |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse. |
| engulf |
to cover entirely, as if by a flood. |
| exemplar |
one worthy to be imitated or studied; model. |
| fraught |
accompanied by; full of, usually something bad or unpleasant. |
| iconoclastic |
attacking or breaking away from established traditions, beliefs, or values. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| polygamy |
the practice or state of having more than one spouse, especially more than one wife, at a time. |
| ponderous |
heavily labored and dull. |
| propriety |
proper or appropriate behavior. |