| aesthete |
one who is or professes to be particularly attentive to and appreciative of beauty, especially in the arts. |
| alleviate |
to make (trouble or pain) easier to tolerate or accept; ease. |
| coda |
a passage that brings a musical composition to a conclusion. |
| discordant |
in conflict or disagreement. |
| drivel |
foolish or silly speech or ideas. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| innumerable |
very many. |
| mores |
the behaviors and manners accepted and expected in a social group, embodying its fundamental moral standards. |
| patronize |
to act in an offensively superior manner toward. |
| plenitude |
abundance; fullness. |
| posthumous |
beginning, occurring, or continuing after one's death. |
| precipitous |
very steep or sudden; rising or dropping abruptly. |
| presentiment |
an intuition or sense of something about to happen; foreboding. |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. |
| tryst |
a meeting held at a specified time and place, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous. |