| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| alcove |
a partly enclosed area of a room. |
| crux |
an essential, basic, crucial, or pivotal point. |
| dapple |
to mark or be marked with spots or mottling. |
| interrelate |
to place in or come into a shared, mutual, or reciprocal relationship. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| mercurial |
volatile in temper; changeable; fickle. |
| resplendent |
full of splendor; radiant; shining. |
| sensual |
related to or providing pleasure from the ways humans perceive stimuli, such as through touch, taste, or smell. |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| tumult |
the noise and commotion of a large crowd; uproar. |
| unnoticed |
not seen, perceived, or discovered. |
| vogue |
a popular fashion or style. |