| Term | Definition |
|---|
| propaganda | information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause |
| paragon | model of excellence or perfection of a kind |
| pander | to cater to the tastes and desires of others or exploit their weaknesses |
| ostentatious | describing a showy or pretentious display |
| quirk | a peculiar way of acting; a sudden twist or turn |
| ostracize | avoid speaking to or dealing with, expel from a community or group |
| plausible | within the realm of credibility |
| pare | To cut, shave, or remove (the outside) from anything. |
| pallor | unnatural lack of color in the skin (as from bruising or sickness or emotional distress) |
| marital | of or relating to the state of marriage |
| polygamy | n. the fact or condition of having more than one wife or husband at once. |
| posterity | All of the lineal descendants of a person; all future generations |
| moot | Not subject to a court ruling because the controversy has not actually arisen, or has ended., open to argument or debate |
| pompous | puffed up with vanity, Marked by an assumed stateliness and impressiveness of manner. |
| masquerade | pretend to be someone or something that you are not |
| panoramic | as from an altitude or distance |
| purge | rid of impurities, an act of removing by cleansing |
| pretense | a false show of something, the act of giving a false appearance |
| pathological | pertaining to disease; N. study of disease |
| nihilist | someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief, An advocate of the doctrine that nothing either exists or can be known. |
| malefactor | a person who does evil |
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