| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |