| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |