| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |