| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |