| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| appellative |
a descriptive name or title, as "Terrible" in "Ivan the Terrible". |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |