ADJUDICATE.

Show Spelled Pronunciation [uh-joo-di-keyt] Show IPA Pronunciation verb, -cated, -cating.
–verb (used with object)
1.
to pronounce or decree by judicial sentence.
2.
to settle or determine (an issue or dispute) judicially.–verb (used without object)
3.
to sit in judgment (usually fol. by upon).

MADRIGAL.

–noun
1.
a secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular esp. in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2.
a lyric poem suitable for being set to music, usually short and often of amatory character, esp. fashionable in the 16th century and later, in Italy, France, England, etc.
3.
any part song.
Origin: 1580–90; < It madrigale < ML mātricāle something simple, n. use of neut. of LL mātricālis lit., of the womb.

BATHOS.

–noun
1.
a ludicrous descent from the exalted or lofty to the commonplace; anticlimax.
2.
insincere pathos; sentimentality; mawkishness.
3.
triteness or triviality in style.
Origin: 1630–40; < Gk: depth