allure |
to attract strongly by appealing to people's inner wishes; tempt. |
audacity |
courage or boldness often combined with daring or recklessness. |
delicacy |
something delightful or rare, especially food. |
diffidence |
reticence; shyness. |
disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
elixir |
a sweetened, aromatic solution of alcohol and water used as a vehicle for medicines. |
exchangeable |
capable of being interchanged with or given in return for another. |
fecund |
capable of producing abundant fruit or offspring; fruitful; fertile. |
irrefutable |
impossible to disprove; indisputable. |
nonconformity |
refusal or failure to adjust one's behavior and actions to accord or comply with societal customs, values, or the like. |
permeable |
of a substance, being such that gas or liquid can penetrate or diffuse through it. |
protégé |
a person under the care or sponsorship of an influential patron. |
rite |
a formal ceremonial procedure prescribed or customary for a specific occasion, as in religious worship. |
slur |
to speak of disparagingly; belittle. |
uncritical |
not making critical judgments or discriminations, especially those based on standards. |