| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |