| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| stately |
dignified. |