| archetype |
an original model or pattern from which others are made or copied. |
| culpable |
guilty of a mistake or fault; blameworthy. |
| eccentricity |
an odd or peculiar behavior, habit, interest, or the like. |
| folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| hubris |
the pride associated with arrogance; pride considered as sin. |
| infatuation |
the condition of being deprived of judgment by an irrational or foolish attachment to someone or something. |
| intuition |
the power to know or understand something without thinking it through in a logical way. |
| latent |
present but not yet apparent, developed, or operative. |
| liberality |
an attitude of tolerance and respect for individual differences. |
| maxim |
a brief, concise statement of a general or basic truth or rule, especially for proper conduct. |
| moderation |
the avoidance of excesses or extremes, especially in behavior. |
| rigorous |
showing strictness or sternness. |
| sophistry |
a subtle, deceptive method of reasoning or arguing, involving statements that sound plausible but are actually false or fallacious. |
| vicissitude |
(usually plural) unexpected and unforeseeable changes or shifts, as in one's circumstances. |