| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| gnomic |
short and pithy, as an aphorism. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| impugn |
to call into question; challenge or try to discredit. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |