| archetype |
an original model or pattern from which others are made or copied. |
| confection |
a sweetened candy or fruit. |
| dictum |
a formal or official pronouncement or declaration. |
| dub1 |
to name or call. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| heresy |
a religious belief or doctrine not in keeping with the established doctrine of a church, especially the rejection of or dissent from any aspect of Roman Catholic Church dogma by a baptized church member. |
| incisive |
marked by clear, penetrating thought; sharp. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| parsimony |
excessive unwillingness to spend money or use resources; stinginess. |
| stodgy |
lacking the ability or inclination to act informally or to find humor or enjoyment in things that others might; stuffy; prim. |
| surreptitious |
made, performed, or achieved by stealth or in secret. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |
| umbrage |
a feeling of offense, irritation, or resentment. |
| unspoken |
assumed without being expressed or spoken; implied. |
| voluminous |
having or characterized by great size or quantity. |