| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| aseptic |
free of bacteria or germs that cause disease or decay. |
| brusque |
impolitely abrupt in speech or actions; curt. |
| culinary |
of, concerning, or used for cooking. |
| lieu |
the place formerly occupied by something or someone. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| obsession |
that which preoccupies one's mind or emotions excessively or abnormally. |
| protuberance |
that which projects; bulge or bump. |
| servitude |
bondage or slavery. |
| skimp |
to be stingy or very sparing. |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |
| stipend |
any periodic payment of money, such as a salary or allowance. |
| therapeutic |
of, pertaining to, or capable of healing; curative. |
| verbose |
using or characterized by many or superfluous words; wordy. |