| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |