adumbrate (en)

report or represent in outline; foreshadow or symbolize

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

demotic (en)

(adjective) of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing / (adjective) popular common / (adjective) of or relating to the form of Modern Greek that is based on everyday speech

emendation (en)

the process of making a revision or correction to a text

glissando (en)

(noun) a rapid sliding up or down the musical scale

ineffable (en)

(adjective) incapable of being expressed in words; indescribable / (adjective) unspeakable / (adjective) not to be uttered; taboo

kore (en)

(noun) an ancient Greek statue of a clothed young woman standing with feet together

lapidary (en)

relating to stone and gems and the work involved in engraving, cutting, or polishing

lugubrious (en)

(adjective) mournful / (adjective) exaggeratedly or affectedly mournful / (adjective) dismal

mendicant (en)

(noun) beggar / (noun) a member of a religious order (as the Franciscans) combining monastic life and outside religious activity and originally owning neither personal nor community property; friar

numinous (en)

(adjective) supernatural mysterious / (adjective) filled with a sense of the presence of divinity; holy / (adjective) appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense; spiritual

numinous (en)

(adjective) supernatural mysterious / (adjective) filled with a sense of the presence of divinity; holy / (adjective) appealing to the higher emotions or to the aesthetic sense; spiritual

panegyric (en)

(noun) a eulogistic oration or writing / (noun) formal or elaborate praise

peremptory (en)

(adjective) putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay / (adjective) not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply / (adjective) admitting of no contradiction / (adjective) expressive of urgency or command / (adjective) characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance / (adjective) indicative of a peremptory attitude or nature; haughty / (noun) a challenge (as of a juror) made as of right without assigning any cause

peroration (en)

(noun) the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration / (noun) a highly rhetorical speech

picaresque (en)

(adjective) of or relating to rogues or rascals / (adjective) of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist / (noun) one that is picaresque

prosody (en)

(noun) the study of versification / (noun) the systematic study of metrical structure / (noun) a particular system, theory, or style of versification / (noun) the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language

prosody (en)

(noun) the study of versification / (noun) the systematic study of metrical structure / (noun) a particular system, theory, or style of versification / (noun) the rhythmic and intonational aspect of language

prurient (en)

(adj) having or encouraging an excessive interest in sexual matters

raffish (en)

(adjective) marked by or suggestive of flashy vulgarity or crudeness / (adjective) marked by a careless unconventionality; rakish

tendentious (en)

(adjective) marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view; biased

vatic (en)

(adjective) prophetic, oracular; describing or predicting what will happen in the future

weir (en)

(noun) a fence or enclosure set in a waterway for taking fish / (noun) a dam in a stream or river to raise the water level or divert its flow / (biographical name) Robert Walter 1803–1889 Am. painter