| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| ardor |
very strong feelings; passion; fervor. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| dictum |
a formal or official pronouncement or declaration. |
| doctrinaire |
dogmatically adhering to a theory or a school of thought, regardless of its practicality. |
| fulsome |
offensive, especially because of excessiveness or insincerity. |
| impassioned |
full of strong emotion. |
| inhibit |
to hold back, restrain, prevent, or tend to do so. |
| polemic |
an emphatic statement of a controversial viewpoint, usually criticizing or refuting an existing position. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| restitution |
the payment of money in order to compensate for damage, loss, or injury. |
| schematic |
of, pertaining to, or formed like an outline or diagram. |
| slake |
to satisfy or relieve (thirst, appetite, lust, or the like) by decreasing the strength or intensity of. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |
| throwback |
a reappearance of an outmoded procedure, system, or the like. |