| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |