| aesthete |
one who is or professes to be particularly attentive to and appreciative of beauty, especially in the arts. |
| contagion |
the spreading of a disease by contact or close association. |
| doctrinaire |
dogmatically adhering to a theory or a school of thought, regardless of its practicality. |
| enrapture |
to cause to be in rapture or to be ecstatically joyful. |
| ingrain |
to impress (habits, ideas, values, or the like) deeply and firmly in one's nature or mind. |
| inundate |
to cover or overspread with water, especially a very large amount; flood. |
| juncture |
a particular point in time, especially a point of serious importance or crisis. |
| materialize |
to become fact; be realized. |
| pique |
to cause (a feeling or action) to be aroused or incited. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| restive |
unable to remain at rest; impatient or ill at ease, especially under restraint. |
| seclude |
to keep apart from other people or activity. |
| sustenance |
nourishment that maintains life; food. |
| untainted |
not contaminated or polluted. |
| virile |
having the qualities of a man; characteristically masculine. |