| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| 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. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |