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::: aesthetic - artistic; dealing with or capable of appreciating the beautiful (of a person or building); CF. aesthete; CF. aesthetics
::: brandish - wave around (a weapon); flourish
::: piecemeal - one part at a time; gradually; in stages; Ex. read a novel piecemeal
::: spurn - reject disdainfully; scorn; Ex. She spurned all offers of help.
::: gnarled - twisted
::: magisterial - authoritative; imperious; commanding; of a magistrate; Ex. magisterial study of Roman law; Ex. magisterial manner
::: quixotic - idealistic but impractical; CF. Don Quixote
::: assail - assault
::: atrophy - wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use)
::: ornithologist - scientific student of birds; N. ornithology: scientific study of birds