| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |