| adroit |
skillful with the hands; dextrous. |
| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| attrition |
a gradual erosion of strength or morale. |
| distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
| imminent |
about to happen or likely to happen soon. |
| inscrutable |
impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious. |
| longevity |
long life. |
| malady |
an illness of the body or mind. |
| noncommittal |
not revealing what one's preference, feeling, or opinion is. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| requisite |
required or essential. |
| resurgent |
surging or rising once again; coming back. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |
| underrate |
to value or appreciate insufficiently; underestimate. |