| aesthete |
one who is or professes to be particularly attentive to and appreciative of beauty, especially in the arts. |
| allusion |
an indirect reference to or mention of something. |
| carouse |
to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner. |
| connotation |
a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning. |
| debase |
to reduce in value, quality, esteem, or character. |
| disproportionate |
having too much of one thing in relation to something else; unbalanced. |
| disseminate |
to spread widely, as though scattering seed. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| hitherto |
until this time; previously. |
| materialize |
to become fact; be realized. |
| mien |
one's manner or bearing. |
| populist |
a person, especially a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| promulgate |
to explain or give instruction in (a doctrine) in public; advocate. |
| torpid |
dormant or inactive, as in hibernation. |
| untested |
not having been tried or used in a way that would prove or disprove effectiveness or validity. |