| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| condign |
well-deserved or fitting, especially of punishment or reprimand. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |