| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |