| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| stately |
dignified. |