| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| amortize |
to deduct (expenditures) by fixed amounts over a period of time. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |