Auguste Rodin (en)

a French sculptor; generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture

cadenza (en)

(noun) a parenthetical flourish in an aria or other solo piece commonly just before a final or other important cadence / (noun) a technically brilliant sometimes improvised solo passage toward the close of a concerto / (noun) an exceptionally brilliant part of an artistic and especially a literary work

Chaim Soutine (en)

A Russian painter of Belarusian Jewish origin who made a major contribution to the expressionist movement while living in Paris in the early 20th century

compere (en)

(noun) the master of ceremonies of an entertainment (as a television program) / (verb) to act as compere for / (verb) to act as a compere

cornice (en)

(noun) the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition

guignol (en)

(noun) dramatic entertainment featuring the gruesome or horrible

massif (en)

(from French for "massive") large mountain mass

prepotent (en)

(adjective) having exceptional power, authority, or influence / (adjective) exceeding others in power

primum non nocere (la)

first, do no harm

pulvinate (en)

curved convexly or swelled

shtetl (en)

small towns with large Jewish populations, which existed in Central and Eastern Europe before the Holocaust

somniferous (en)

(adjective) soporific