| abrogate |
to abolish, repeal, or nullify by authority. |
| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |