| Term | Definition |
| delve | search deeply |
| yokels | awkward or unsophisticated country people |
| dinned | repeated forcefully, instill (into a person) by constant repetition |
| stock | typical |
| perpetuated | caused to continue |
| synchronized | occurring at the same time, operating in unison |
| semantics | the study of word meanings |
| preconceptions | judgments made ahead of time |
| impoverish | make poor |
| reactionaries | opponents of change |
| inimitable | not able to be copied, defying imitation |
| lapse | end |
| chastening | a rebuke for making a mistake; humbling |
| edifice | a large building or structue |