| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| derision |
mockery or ridicule. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |