| accrue |
to grow or accumulate over time, especially as something of benefit. |
| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| alcove |
a partly enclosed area of a room. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| dapple |
to mark or be marked with spots or mottling. |
| degeneration |
the process of decline or decay. |
| discernible |
able to be perceived or distinguished. |
| equestrian |
of or relating to horseback riding. |
| gnarl |
to knot or twist. |
| materialize |
to become fact; be realized. |
| nonentity |
someone or something that is insignificant, dull, undistinguished, or unimportant, especially a person. |
| nuance |
a subtle quality or difference in tone, meaning, color, or the like; shade. |
| repudiate |
to reject completely as invalid or untrue. |
| sequel |
what follows afterwards, such as the next event in a series, especially as it arises from previous events. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |