| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |