| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| bigot |
one who is prejudiced against and intolerant of any group or belief that is not his or her own, especially religious, racial, or ethnic. |
| defer1 |
to not do until later; put off; delay. |
| discretion |
the freedom or authority to use one's own judgment. |
| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usually by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| increment |
a rise or addition in number or value, often small. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| nonconformity |
refusal or failure to adjust one's behavior and actions to accord or comply with societal customs, values, or the like. |
| relinquish |
to surrender, release, or let go of; give up. |
| rudiment |
(often plural) something in an initial, imperfect, or undeveloped form. |
| speculative |
of, pertaining to, or based on conjecture or theorizing. |
| supplant |
to replace (someone or something) especially by dishonest or forceful means. |
| veritable |
true; authentic; real. |