| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| counterpoint |
a method of composing or arranging music in which diverse but harmonious melodies are played at the same time. |
| discontinuous |
interrupted or intermittent; not without pause or break. |
| douse1 |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse. |
| encumber |
to hinder the normal progress, performance, or use of. |
| evenhanded |
fair and impartial in the treatment of others; equitable. |
| felicitous |
well-suited or apt; very appropriate. |
| fervor |
strength, heatedness, or intensity of feeling; impassioned enthusiasm. |
| gauche |
deficient in manners or other conventions of social behavior; boorish; crude. |
| luxuriant |
growing thickly and in great numbers; lush. |
| mien |
one's manner or bearing. |
| perseverance |
steadfast continuance in a course of action, task, or belief. |
| predilection |
an inclination to favor something; partiality or preference. |
| tawdry |
falsely showy; cheap and gaudy. |
| timely |
happening at just the right moment. |