| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| churl |
a rude or vulgar person. |
| collusion |
action undertaken in secret partnership or collaboration, usually for illicit purposes. |
| convoke |
to summon to an assembly; marshal. |
| deviate |
to turn away from a direct course or one that has already been set. |
| dregs |
the part of anything that is left over or that has the least value or use. |
| entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. |
| heretofore |
prior to this time; before now. |
| jeopardize |
to cause to be in danger or at risk; imperil. |
| scanty |
barely adequate; meager. |
| seamy |
disreputable; sordid. |
| secretive |
tending to secrecy. |
| semblance |
outward form; appearance. |
| tribulation |
severe suffering or affliction; distress. |
| whimsy |
an odd, fanciful, or capricious notion, or such notions collectively. |