| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
| incorporeal |
without material being; bodiless; insubstantial. |
| laborious |
requiring considerable effort or perseverance. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| nonpartisan |
not influenced or determined by the policies or interests of a political party. |
| obscene |
offensive and not decent. |
| ornamentation |
decoration; embellishment. |
| peccadillo |
a minor sin or offense, or a slight fault. |
| perforate |
to make a hole in. |
| pivotal |
critically important or crucial; on which something is contingent. |
| protean |
easily changing form or character; variable or versatile. |
| salvageable |
able to be saved or rescued from damage or destruction. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |