| Term | Definition |
|---|
| acumen | mental sharpness; insight; perceptiveness |
| allegory | symbolical narrative; treatment of one subject in the disguise of something else |
| autocrat | a person with unlimited influences and authority (usually negative); dictator |
| conjecture | a guess; supposition; an inference or conclusion drawn or deduced by surmise or guesswork |
| conspicuous | obvious; notable; attracting attention; prominent |
| domicile | home or residence; abode |
| excoriate | to strongly denounce or censure; berate |
| gaunt | very thin; emaciated; angular |
| incapacitate | to make unfit; deprive of capacity; to weaken severely |
| iridescence | quality of exhibiting rainbow-like colors; brilliant appearance |
| licentious | lacking moral or sexual restraint; wanton |
| menagerie | a varied mixture; collection of live wild animals |
| nihilist | one who believes in total rejection of established laws and institutions |
| pastiche | a hodgepodge |
| plausible | seemingly acceptable; believable; credulous |
| profundity | profound knowledge; intellectual depth |
| refuge | shelter; place of protection |
| rivulet | a small stream; brook |
| serpentine | diabolical; resembling a serpent; tempting |
| stoke | to stir up or amply feed |
| stooped | bent forward in the middle of the back |
| temperate | exercising self-control |
| trowel | flat bladed hand tool used to work with mortar or to dig holes for plants |
| unwieldy | difficult to manage due to size |
| vivify | to make more lively |
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