| attrition |
a gradual erosion of strength or morale. |
| censorious |
highly critical or disapproving. |
| decadent |
tending to indulge in sensual pleasures; hedonistic. |
| incandescent |
giving off light as a result of being heated. |
| linear |
having to do with a line; straight. |
| misconception |
an error in understanding; wrong notion or idea. |
| mystical |
spiritually powerful, significant, or symbolic. |
| opalescent |
exhibiting a spectrum of colors or changing colors; iridescent. |
| precipitous |
very steep or sudden; rising or dropping abruptly. |
| rarefy |
to make less dense. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| sensual |
related to or providing pleasure from the ways humans perceive stimuli, such as through touch, taste, or smell. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| uncomplicated |
not difficult to understand or deal with; simple; straightforward. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |