| aesthete |
one who is or professes to be particularly attentive to and appreciative of beauty, especially in the arts. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| conflagration |
a large, damaging fire. |
| dossier |
a set of papers or documents that provide detailed information on a particular person or subject. |
| ennui |
a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction, especially with all aspects of life. |
| facet |
one of the small, flat, polished surfaces of a cut gem. |
| moot |
not clearly settled; arguable; debatable. |
| nihilism |
the belief that existence has no meaning or purpose. |
| pall1 |
an atmosphere of gloom or despair. |
| plagiarize |
to wrongfully and deliberately claim as one's own (the ideas, words, or the like) of someone else. |
| polygamy |
the practice or state of having more than one spouse, especially more than one wife, at a time. |
| self-determination |
the ability or freedom of a people to decide their own form of government. |
| semblance |
outward form; appearance. |
| sophomoric |
displaying intellectual pretentiousness or proud confidence about one's knowledge when actually poorly informed or immature. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |