← Persepolis Vocabulary Export Options Alphabetize Word-Def Delimiter Tab Comma Custom Def-Word Delimiter New Line Semicolon Custom Data Copy and paste the text below. It is read-only. Select All Obligatory So customary or routine as to be expected of everyone or on every occasion Decadence Moral or cultural decline, esp. after a peak or culmination of achievement Revolution A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system Fanatics A person filled with excessive and single-minded zeal, esp. for an extreme religious or political cause Degenerate Having lost the physical, mental, or moral qualities considered normal and desirable; showing evidence of decline or deteriorate. Frivolities Not having any serious purpose or value Cadaver A corpse Sentiment A view of or attitude toward a situation or event; an opinion Subversive an attempt to overthrow the established order of a society, its structures of power, authority, exploitation, servitude, and hierarchy Cyanide Sodium or potassium cyanide used as a poison or in the extraction of gold and silver Dialectic The art of investigating or discussing the truth of opinions Shunned Persistently avoid, ignore, or reject (someone or something) through antipathy or caution Proletariat Workers or working-class people, regarded collectively (often used with reference to Marxism) Imperialists Of, relating to, supporting, or practicing imperialism Regime A system or planned way of doing things, esp. one imposed from above Console Comfort (someone) at a time of grief or disappointment Rebellious Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention Carnage The killing of a large number of people Vintner A wine merchant Belligerent A nation or person engaged in war or conflict, as recognized by international law Systematically In an organized manner Veritable Used as an intensifier, often to qualify a metaphor Asylum The protection granted by a nation to someone who has left their native country as a political refugee Euphoria A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness Expelled Force (someone) to leave a place, esp. a country