| banter |
joking, clever conversation. |
| beneficent |
tending to do good; kindly; charitable. |
| disband |
of an organized group, to break up or disperse. |
| equinox |
either of the two times during the year when the sun's rays are perpendicular to the earth's equator, occurring in March and September. During the equinox, day and night are both 12 hours long all over the world. |
| esoteric |
understood or known only by a few persons who have special training, access, or interests. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| garish |
marked by excessive or tasteless color or decoration; gaudy; flashy. |
| imitative |
of, involving, or characterized by reproduction or copying; not original. |
| mercurial |
volatile in temper; changeable; fickle. |
| motif |
a distinct formal unit such as a design, theme, or musical phrase that may repeat in, dominate, characterize, or be a prominent feature of an aesthetic or decorative work. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| reassess |
to evaluate again. |
| rile |
to make angry; irritate or annoy. |
| sensory |
of or pertaining to hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, or touching. |
| veneer |
a superficial outward appearance or show. |