| aesthete |
one who is or professes to be particularly attentive to and appreciative of beauty, especially in the arts. |
| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| cessation |
a pausing or stopping; discontinuance. |
| coerce |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like. |
| cognate |
having a common origin, as languages. |
| confluence |
a joining of two or more streams, or their point of junction. |
| denude |
to strip bare; remove covering from. |
| depict |
to show, describe, or portray in a painting, sculpture, or written work. |
| diminution |
the act, process, or result of decreasing or declining. |
| imbibe |
to take up or consume by drinking. |
| manipulate |
to handle or operate skillfully with the hands. |
| preempt |
to seize or appropriate ahead of others. |
| protocol |
the proper or agreed upon way of conducting oneself or of doing something. |
| rejoinder |
a response to a reply; retort. |
| suborn |
to induce (someone) to commit a crime or other corrupt deed. |