| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| acclivity |
a rising slope. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |