| Term | Definition |
| dignity | the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect |
| intermittent | stopping and starting at regular intervals |
| frivolous | not serious content or attitude or behavior |
| hysterical | marked by excessive or uncontrollable emotion; characterized by or arising from psychoneurotic hysteria |
| festival | an organized series of acts or performances |
| exaltation | the elevation of a person as to the status of a god; a state of being carried away by overwhelming emotion |
| animated | lively, vigorous, full of spirit; made to appear as living creatures do |
| averted | turn away or aside |
| miserable | wretchedly unhappy or depressed; morose and humorless |
| concoction | the act of creating something by compounding or mixing a variety of components |
| pomegranates | a round, thick-skinned fruit containing a mass of red, juicy seeds |
| contorted | twisted; strained or wrenched out of normal shape |
| involuntarily | against your will; compulsory, |
| sacrifice | the act of offering the life of a person or animal or some object in propitiation of or homage to a deity; something so offered |
| luscious | extremely pleasing to the sense of taste |
| luminous | softly shining bright or radiant; |
| conquered | overcome; subdued; vanquished; gained or won |
| liberating | grant freedom to; delivering from restraint or slavery |
| groveling | without dignity or elevation; totally submissive |
| guttural | relating to or articulated in the throat; pertaining to the throat |