WordMap Version 2.0 - HigherStudyAbroad

from a necklace, ( , );
This lovely and unique black agate pendant is adorned with tiny flowers of
Jade and set in polished sterling silver;
• (pedant)- one who pays undue attention to book learning and formal rules,
( - ); The soul of
the pedant was at first tugged as if from below, then drawn slowly down,
and finally shot off out of sight This is a most extraordinary thing!' — The
Path to Rome;
gargoyle : rococo : baroque : arabesque
• (gargoyle)- a spout, terminating in a grotesque representation of a human
or animal figure with open mouth, projecting from the gutter of a building
for throwing rain water clear of a building, (
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); His face is rough-hewn, almost grotesque like a gargoyle. — A Student
in Arms Second Series;
• (rococo)- a style of art, especially architecture and decorative art, that
originated in France in the early 18th century and is marked by elaborate
ornamentation, as with a profusion of scrolls, foliage, and animal forms,
(( , ) (
)); The ceiling with rococo plasterwork and a cornice
which shows corbels and flower heads;
• (baroque)- extravagantly ornate, florid, and convoluted in character or
style, (
); But under these pseudo-baroque ornaments was
hidden a framework of reinforced concrete. — August, 1953;
• (arabesque)- Fine Arts. a sinuous, spiraling, undulating, or serpentine line
or linear motif, (( ) , ,
); The picture is at once a decorative arabesque, an ensemble of tones,
and a slice of history. — Promenades of an Impressionist;
• a pose in ballet in which the dancer stands on one leg with one arm
extended in front and the other leg and arm extended behind, (( )
); She also demonstrated amazing flexibility with a graceful arabesque,
and placed third;
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