notate

notate |ˈnōˌtāt|verb [ trans. ]write (something, typically music) in notation.

mawkish

|ˈmôki sh |adjectivesentimental in a feeble or sickly way : a mawkish poem.See note at sentimental .• archaic or dialect having a faint sickly flavor : the mawkish smell of warm beer.

bathos

 |ˈbāθäs|noun(esp. in a work of literature) an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.

- bathetic

hortatory

 |ˈhôrtəˌtôrē|adjectivetending or aiming to exhort : the central bank relied on hortatory messages and voluntary compliance.

levin

levin |ˈlevin|noun archaiclightning; thunderbolts.

operose

operose |ˈäpəˌrōs|adjective rareinvolving or displaying much industry or effort.

compline

compline |ˈkämplin; -ˌplīn|nouna service of evening prayers forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said (or chanted) before retiring for the night.

pietism

pietism |ˈpī-iˌtizəm|nounpious sentiment, esp. of an exaggerated or affected nature.• (usu. Pietism) a 17th-century movement for the revival of piety in the Lutheran Church. [ORIGIN: from German Pietismus, from modern Latin, based on Latin pietas (see piety ).]

exiguous

adjective

Excessively scanty; inadqeuate.