| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| obfuscate |
to make (something) seem or be difficult to understand; obscure or darken. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |