| dalliance |
a wasting away of time; loitering; dawdling. |
| detonate |
to explode or cause to explode. |
| dirge |
a song or hymn for a funeral or memorial for the dead. |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| fanfare |
a flourish of trumpets, used to mark an entrance or beginning. |
| immutable |
not subject to change; unchanging or unchangeable. |
| intrinsic |
being essential to or of the nature of a thing; inherent. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| mercurial |
volatile in temper; changeable; fickle. |
| motif |
a distinct formal unit such as a design, theme, or musical phrase that may repeat in, dominate, characterize, or be a prominent feature of an aesthetic or decorative work. |
| parity |
equality in amount, status, strength, or the like. |
| preempt |
to seize or appropriate ahead of others. |
| quintessence |
that which most perfectly describes or typifies something; essence. |
| resolute |
having or showing firmness, determination, or resolve. |
| reticence |
the state or quality of being hesitant to speak out; reserve. |