| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| 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. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| kismet |
destiny, fortune, or fate. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |