wont

wont |wônt; wōnt|adjective [ predic. ] poetic/literary(of a person) in the habit of doing something; accustomed : he was wont to arise at 5:30 every morning.noun ( one's wont) formal or humorousone's customary behavior in a particular situation :Constance, as was her wont, had paid her little attention.verb ( 3rd sing. present wonts or wont ; past wont orwonted ) archaicmake or be or become accustomed : [ trans. ] wont thy heart to thoughts hereof | [ intrans. ] sons wont to nurse their parents in old age.

palliate

palliate |ˈpalēˌāt|verb [ trans. ]make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe orunpleasant without removing the cause : treatment works by palliating symptoms.• allay or moderate (fears or suspicions) : this eliminated, or at least palliated, suspicions aroused byGerman unity.• disguise the seriousness or gravity of (an offense) :there is no way to excuse or palliate his dirty deed.

diffident

diffident |ˈdifidənt|adjectivemodest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence : a diffident youth.

éclat

éclat |āˈklä|nounbrilliant display or effect : she came into prominence briefly but with éclat.• social distinction or conspicuous success : such action bestows more éclat upon a warrior than success by other means.ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French, from éclater‘burst out.’

lambaste

verb   1 : to assault violently : beat, whip   2 : to attack verbally : censure

adynaton

noun

†1.  An impossibility. Obs.

"It seems impossible..that God should relinquish his claim to their profoundest homage. This would be to deny himself; which the apostle reckons among the Adynata."

 2.  Rhetoric. A figure of speech by which an impossible (or highly unlikely) situation is used for emphasis; an instance of this.

"Portents..are of course common form in tragedy, and the figure known as adynaton (i.e., ‘sooner shall rivers run from the sea than I forsake thee’, etc.) is common form in rhetoric."

orans

Orant, orante

noun Fine Arts .

a representation of a female (or male) figure, with outstretched arms and palms up in a gesture of prayer, in ancient and early Christian art.