Philtrum

[Phil-trum]

–noun, plural -tra [-truh]
1. Anatomy. the vertical groove on the surface of the upper lip, below the septum of the nose.
2. a philter.

Epitome

[e-pi-de-me]

n.
1. A representative or example of a class or type: "He is seen . . . as the epitome of the hawkish, right-of-center intellectual" Paul Kennedy.
2. A brief summary, as of a book or article; an abstract.

Fidelity

[fur-dell-le-ty]
noun

1. Faithfulness to obligations, duties, or observances.
2. Exact correspondence with fact or with a given quality, condition, or event; accuracy.
3. The degree to which an electronic system accurately reproduces the sound or image of its input signal.

Agnosticism

[ag-nos-ti-siz-cism]

n.

The doctrine that certainty about first principles or absolute truth is unattainable and that only perceptual phenomena are objects of exact knowledge.

The belief that there can be no proof either that God exists or that God does not exist.

Accentuate

[airk-cen-chu-wait]

–verb (used with object), -at⋅ed, -at⋅ing.
1. to give emphasis or prominence to.
2. to mark or pronounce with an accent.

Inherent

[in-he-ren]

adj.

Existing as an essential constituent or characteristic; intrinsic.existing in someone or something as a permanent and inseparable element, quality, or attribute: an inherent distrust of strangers.

Aptly

[app-t-ly]

adverb

In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.

apt (noun)

1. Exactly suitable; appropriate: an apt reply.
2. Having a natural tendency; inclined: She is apt to take offense easily.
3. Quick to learn or understand:

Advent

noun

1. a coming into place, view, or being; arrival: the advent of the holiday season.
2. (usually initial capital letter) the coming of Christ into the world.
3. (initial capital letter) the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas, observed in commemoration of the coming of Christ into the world.

Receptive

–adjective

1. having the quality of receiving, taking in, or admitting.
2. able or quick to receive knowledge, ideas, etc.: a receptive mind.
3. willing or inclined to receive suggestions, offers, etc., with favor: a receptive listener.
4. of or pertaining to reception or receptors: a receptive end organ.
5. (in language learning) of or pertaining to the language skills of listening and reading

Oedipus

[e-di-purse]

noun.
Greek Mythology A son of Laius and Jocasta, who was abandoned at birth and unwittingly killed his father and then married his mother.

Narcissism

[nar-ci's-si-som]

n.

1. Excessive love or admiration of oneself. See Synonyms at conceit.
2. A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem.
3. Erotic pleasure derived from contemplation or admiration of one's own body or self, especially as a fixation on or a regression to an infantile stage of development.
4. The attribute of the human psyche charactized by admiration of oneself but within normal limits.