| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| attrition |
a gradual erosion of strength or morale. |
| buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise to the top in a liquid or gas. |
| caprice |
a sudden, impulsive change of mind or direction, or an unpredictable action. |
| communal |
of or belong to members of a group; public; collective. |
| diffidence |
reticence; shyness. |
| encroachment |
the act of exceeding proper or intended limits, as of territory or property. |
| implicate |
to involve or prove involvement of (someone or something) in an affair, situation, event, or series of events. |
| infighting |
conflict or rivalry, often concealed, within an organization or group. |
| loner |
one who stays by himself or herself much of the time, especially by choice or inclination. |
| observable |
able to be seen; visible. |
| openhanded |
tending to give to others; generous. |
| proliferate |
to spread or increase quickly. |
| risqué |
very close to indecency or indelicacy; sexually suggestive; racy. |
| uncritical |
not making critical judgments or discriminations, especially those based on standards. |