| alfresco |
in the open air; outdoors. |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| exceptionable |
likely to be objected to; objectionable. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |