| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| connoisseur |
a person with the experience, expertise, and sense of appreciation to make informed judgments in a fine art or in matters of taste. |
| demolition |
the act or an instance of destroying, especially by means of explosives. |
| equivocation |
the act of communicating in ambiguous, shifting, or indecisive terms, often to avoid or deceive. |
| escalation |
increase in amount, scope, or intensity. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| genteel |
displaying traits such as refinement and politeness that are traditionally associated with wealth and education. |
| namesake |
one who has been named after another. |
| predominant |
being the chief or greatest in importance, status, influence, or the like. |
| speculative |
of, pertaining to, or based on conjecture or theorizing. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |
| ulterior |
beyond or excluded from what is openly admitted or shown, especially when concealed for the purposes of deception. |
| undaunted |
not discouraged; not giving up even though something is difficult or frightening. |
| ungainly |
lacking gracefulness or ease of movement; clumsy; awkward. |
| visage |
the face of a person, statue, or the like, especially in regard to its appearance or expression. |