| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| brusque |
impolitely abrupt in speech or actions; curt. |
| deviate |
to turn away from a direct course or one that has already been set. |
| devious |
not the straightest, most direct way; winding; roundabout. |
| facile |
acting or working in an easy, effortless manner. |
| incongruous |
not suitable or fitting; out of place. |
| infatuate |
to cause a foolish and irrational passion or attachment in (someone). |
| mystical |
spiritually powerful, significant, or symbolic. |
| openhanded |
tending to give to others; generous. |
| ornamentation |
decoration; embellishment. |
| patina |
a greenish, brownish, or reddish crust or film produced by oxidation on the surface of old metals such as bronze and copper. |
| retraction |
a withdrawal or disavowal of an opinion, promise, or the like. |
| scrimmage |
a vigorous struggle; scuffle. |
| tremulous |
trembling or wavering, or inclined to tremble or waver. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |