| adroit |
skillful with the hands; dextrous. |
| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| benefactor |
one who helps or brings good to an individual or an institution, usually by giving money. |
| cabal |
a small group of people engaged in a secret plot, usually of a political nature. |
| egoism |
the tendency to evaluate everything in relation to one's own interests; self-centeredness. |
| embellish |
to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate. |
| encroachment |
the act of exceeding proper or intended limits, as of territory or property. |
| habitable |
capable of being lived in. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| integral |
being an essential part of the whole. |
| licentious |
not within the bounds of morality or propriety, especially with regard to sexual conduct; immoral; lewd. |
| monologue |
a long speech or reading given by a single speaker. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. |
| phenomenal |
amazing or extraordinary. |