bloviation (en)

(verb) to speak or write verbosely and windily

chiaroscuro (it)

(noun, Italian for light and dark) an oil painting technique developed during the Renaissance that uses strong tonal contrasts between light and dark to model three-dimensional forms

clerestory (en)

the upper part of the nave, choir, and transepts of a large church, containing a series of windows

dialectic (en)

a discourse between two or more people holding different points of view about a subject but wishing to establish the truth through reasoned arguments

emetic (en)

(adj, noun) causing vomiting

encomium (en)

a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly (plural: encomia). as the adjective encomiastic, means bestowing praise, eulogistic, laudatory

frippery (en)

(noun) showy or unnecessary ornament in architecture, dress, or language

hecatomb (en)

(in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen OR an extensive loss of life for some cause

intercessor (en)

a person who intervenes on behalf of another, especially by prayer

jeremiad (en)

(noun) a long, mournful complaint or lamentation; a list of woes

kibitzed (ji)

(from Yiddish) look on and offer unwelcome advice, especially at a card game OR to chat, gossip, or make small talk

minyan (en)

a quorum of ten men (or in some synagogues, men and women) over the age of 13 required for traditional Jewish public worship

passel (en)

(informal) a large group of people or things of indeterminate number; a pack

rusticating (en)

go to, live in, or spend time in the country

Sturmabteilung (de)

(German for Storm Detachment) the original paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party, which was effectively superseded by the SS after 1934; also known as "Brownshirts"

tovarish (en)

(in the former Soviet Union) a comrade (often used as a form of address)