| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |