| aesthete |
one who is or professes to be particularly attentive to and appreciative of beauty, especially in the arts. |
| arduous |
entailing great difficulty, exertion, or endurance; laborious. |
| choleric |
having a quick temper; easily angered. |
| dissimilar |
not alike; different. |
| dogmatist |
one who asserts opinions or beliefs as though they were facts. |
| estimable |
worthy of respect or admiration. |
| inimical |
having or tending to have a bad effect; harmful or adverse. |
| interlude |
a pause, space, or event that intervenes; interval. |
| moderation |
the avoidance of excesses or extremes, especially in behavior. |
| onus |
an unwanted but necessary task; burden. |
| palatable |
acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |
| pessimism |
the belief that events will turn out badly; tendency to expect the worst. |
| poignant |
deeply touching; arousing strong emotion, especially sadness or sympathy; piercing; penetrating. |
| sally |
a sudden forward attack or rush from a defensive position by a military force. |
| tawdry |
falsely showy; cheap and gaudy. |