| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |