| aesthete |
one who is or professes to be particularly attentive to and appreciative of beauty, especially in the arts. |
| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| dissipate |
to cause to disappear by, or as though by, dispersing or dissolving. |
| earthy |
realistic, practical, and unpretentious. |
| equinox |
either of the two times during the year when the sun's rays are perpendicular to the earth's equator, occurring in March and September. During the equinox, day and night are both 12 hours long all over the world. |
| fragility |
the condition of being delicate and easily broken. |
| grandiose |
pretentious or pompous. |
| impending |
about to occur or appear. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| pertain |
to relate to or have to do with something. |
| resolute |
having or showing firmness, determination, or resolve. |
| subpoena |
in law, a formal written order summoning a witness to give testimony or requiring that specified evidence be submitted. |
| surveillance |
a close watch or observation, especially of a person or group of people under suspicion. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |
| wrangle |
to win or obtain by quarreling. |