| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| chagrin |
embarrassment or humiliation arising from disappointment or failure. |
| confluence |
a joining of two or more streams, or their point of junction. |
| conservatism |
a general preference for the traditional; disinclination to change. |
| denunciation |
the act of verbally condemning or attacking. |
| excoriate |
to denounce or criticize severely. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| palpable |
easy to sense or perceive; obvious. |
| profane |
irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. |
| prospectus |
a written description or summary of a proposed project. |
| staid |
formal, solemn, and reserved in character. |
| typify |
to be the representative example of. |
| veracity |
conformance to fact; accuracy; truth. |
| witticism |
a clever, often perceptive joke, insult, or saying. |
| wrest |
to take away with, or as if with, a twist or pull. |