| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |