| chasten |
to awaken conscience or bring about moral improvement through suffering, discipline, or punishment. |
| chimerical |
existing only in the mind; fanciful. |
| delicacy |
something delightful or rare, especially food. |
| entourage |
a group of people who accompany another person as attendants or associates; retinue. |
| imperfection |
a flaw or fault. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| inept |
lacking skill or aptitude; incompetent. |
| insufferable |
incapable of being tolerated or endured; unbearable. |
| mannerism |
a distinctive and habitual behavioral characteristic. |
| motif |
a distinct formal unit such as a design, theme, or musical phrase that may repeat in, dominate, characterize, or be a prominent feature of an aesthetic or decorative work. |
| occult |
of, pertaining to, or with the aid of the supernatural. |
| sardonic |
bitterly mocking; derisive; scornful. |
| satiate |
to glut or fill to excess; oversupply; surfeit. |
| secrete |
to produce a fluid or other substance and release it into or out of the body. |
| tantamount |
equal to or the same as; equivalent. |