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peristyle
[per-uh-stahyl]
a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space

snickersnee
[snik-er-snee]
a knife, especially one used as a weapon.

copious
[koh-pee-uhs]
large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful

dodecahedron
[doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn]
a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

libertine
[lib-er-teen, lib-er-tin]
a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters; a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker

surmise
[ser-mahyz]
to think or infer without certain or strong evidence; conjecture; guess

ken
[ken]
one's range of knowledge or sight

effete
[ih-feet]
lacking in wholesome vigor; decadent

adulate
[aj-uh-leyt]
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely

aphelion
[uh-fee-lee-uhn]
the point farthest from the sun in the path of an orbiting celestial body (such as a planet)

corrie
[kor-ee]
a circular hollow in the side of a hill or mountain

paucity
[paw-si-tee]
smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness

weave
[weev]
to interlace (threads, yarns, strips, fibrous material, etc.) so as to form a fabric or material

mordant
[mawr-dnt]
sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting

serpentine
[sur-puhn-teen]
of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement

hesperidium
[hes-puh-rid-ee-uhm]
the fruit of a citrus plant