| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| armistice |
an agreement by groups of people or countries at war to stop fighting; truce. |
| bravado |
a false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage. |
| derange |
to cause to be mentally ill. |
| embellishment |
a beautifying decoration or addition. |
| heterogeneous |
made up of parts or members that differ from each other. (Cf. homogeneous.) |
| lucrative |
producing monetary gain; profitable. |
| motley |
made up of a contrasting variety of types, appearances, or the like; very heterogeneous. |
| mundane |
of or pertaining to what is common and everyday; ordinary; commonplace. |
| nonexistent |
not having substance in reality. |
| ostentatious |
done or designed with the intention of impressing others and consequently overly showy or grandiose; pretentious. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development. |
| sully |
to make dirty or tarnished. |