| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| askance |
with distrust or suspicion. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| epicure |
a person who has cultivated tastes, as in food or wine; connoisseur. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |