Vocabulary Word
Word: veneer
Definition: thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material); cover; surface show; fa\c{c}ade; V.
Definition: thin surface layer (of good quality wood, glued to a base of inferior material); cover; surface show; fa\c{c}ade; V.
More Vocab Words
::: astral - relating to the stars::: indulgent - humoring; yielding; lenient; showing indulgence
::: bohemian - unconventional (in an artistic way)
::: sublimate - refine; purify; replace (natural urges) with socially acceptable activities; change between a solid state and a gaseous state
::: peremptory - demanding and leaving no choice; imperative; Ex. peremptory decree/knock
::: bantering - joking talk; good-naturedly ridiculing; N.V. banter
::: stygian - unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead
::: subsidy - direct financial aid by government, etc.; V. subsidize: assist with a subsidy
::: advent - arrival
::: sloth - slow moving tree-dwelling mammal; laziness; ADJ. slothful: lazy; indolent
