| academicism |
in the arts, rigid adherence to accepted and traditional forms. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |