| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |