| Term | Definition |
|---|
| aperture | a hole or opening. |
| catacomb | an underground tunnel or area with holes for graves. |
| clamor | loud noise or shouting. |
| connoisseur | a person who is able to be a judge in matters of art or taste. |
| fetter | to restrict by shackling or chaining |
| conflagration | a large, destructive fire. |
| obstinate | unyielding regardless of reason or logic. |
| preclude | to make impossible. |
| trowel | a flat-bladed hand tool used to work with mortar or to dig holes for plants. |
| virtuoso | one skilled in the fine arts as an accomplished musician, a savant. |
| allusion | implied or indirect reference; a hinting at. |
| anomalous | out of place, abnormal. |
| chimera | a fantasy; a horrible creature of the imagination. |
| debauchery | a lack of integrity or honesty; moral corruption. |
| expedient | appropriate for a purpose but not necessarily moral, right, or just. |
| felicitous | happy or delightful. |
| malevolence | ill will or evil intentions. |
| odious | deserving hate or contempt. |
| pertinacity | stubborn persistence or act of refusing to yield on an opinion or belief. |
| scrupulous | very principled, very careful and conscientious. |
| aesthetic | relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art. |
| blasphemous | irreverent, profane. |
| conglomerate | a mixture of many things. |
| decorum | appropriate conduct, correct and proper behavior. |
| divination | foretelling the future by means of magic. |
| copious | plentiful in number; abundant. |
| deft | quick, skillful. |
| dubious | giving rise to uncertainty; questionable. |
| ferocity | savagery; fierceness. |
| galvanize | to stimulate or to excite as if by electric shock. |
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