| bauble |
a showy or gaudy trinket or ornament of little value. |
| bromide |
a bland or trite remark or idea. |
| catharsis |
in psychotherapy, the bringing of repressed thoughts and feelings to consciousness in order to release emotional tension, or the release itself. |
| consequential |
coming after as an outcome or result. |
| emulate |
to try to be the same as or better than (another person), especially by imitating. |
| expeditious |
prompt and efficient. |
| feasible |
capable of being done, carried out, or brought about; likely to succeed. |
| inviolate |
not broken, disturbed, or profaned; pure or intact. |
| nuance |
a subtle quality or difference in tone, meaning, color, or the like; shade. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| pauper |
a very poor person who must live on public money. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| protuberance |
that which projects; bulge or bump. |
| unchallenged |
not or not having been questioned, disputed, or contested. |
| volition |
the act of willing, deciding, or choosing. |