Vocabulary Words
surrealism
C2noun
An artistic movement and an aesthetic philosophy that aims for the liberation of the mind by emphasizing the critical and imaginative powers of the subconscious.
malice
C2noun, verb
An intention to do injury to another party, which in many jurisdictions is a distinguishing factor between the crimes of murder and manslaughter. (+3 more)
noun
A photographer who operates a movie camera, or who oversees the operations of the cameras and lighting when making a film. (+2 more)
turret
C2noun
A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle. (+5 more)
adjective
based on or involving impression as distinct from expertise or fact (+3 more)
parochial
C2adjective
Characterized by an unsophisticated focus on local concerns to the exclusion of wider contexts (+2 more)
noun
a force manifested by acceleration toward each other of two free material particles or bodies or of radiant-energy quanta : gravity sense 1a(2) (+2 more)
noun
Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for reflection (+2 more)