| abnegation |
the act of relinquishing or abandoning, as a right, role, or good. |
| amenity |
(plural) social courtesies; agreeable manners; pleasantries. |
| assimilate |
to adapt and conform. |
| constrain |
to keep within tight restrictions; confine. |
| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
| expurgate |
to remove from a book or the like material considered to be offensive or erroneous prior to publication. |
| imbalance |
a defect in proportion or balance between elements. |
| interlude |
a pause, space, or event that intervenes; interval. |
| lateral |
about, from, or toward a side or sides; sideways. |
| magnitude |
size or extent. |
| montage |
the technique of juxtaposing or superimposing images in a photograph or on motion picture film. |
| relinquish |
to surrender, release, or let go of; give up. |
| repress |
to restrain or prevent the expression of (feelings, utterances, or the like). |
| Spartan |
(usually lower case) characterised by simplicity and austerity. |
| vehement |
intensely emotional; impassioned; heated. |