| 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. |
| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |