| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |