| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |