| acrimony |
bitterness or sharpness in speech or behavior. |
| allegory |
in art or literature, the use of concrete characters, events, or things, to represent abstract qualities or ideas, often to make a point about good and evil. |
| candor |
the quality of openness, honesty, and straightforwardness in expression. |
| devious |
not the straightest, most direct way; winding; roundabout. |
| embody |
to put in a form that can be seen; make real. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| indigenous |
being the people or animals that originally lived and may continue to live in a particular country or region. |
| loner |
one who stays by himself or herself much of the time, especially by choice or inclination. |
| myopia |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. |
| ornamentation |
decoration; embellishment. |
| panacea |
a remedy or solution for all diseases, ills, or difficulties; cure-all. |
| placate |
to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement; conciliate; pacify. |
| recluse |
a person who lives in voluntary isolation from others. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| satire |
a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. |