| aesthetic |
having to do with beauty or art, including literature, dance, music, painting, drawing, and sculpture. |
| 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. |
| awry |
in an unplanned and undesired direction. |
| betroth |
to pledge or give in marriage. |
| inquisition |
an official inquiry, especially for the purpose of enforcing political, social, or religious conformity. |
| pall1 |
an atmosphere of gloom or despair. |
| permeable |
of a substance, being such that gas or liquid can penetrate or diffuse through it. |
| pert |
impudent or saucy. |
| pundit |
an authoritative, or purportedly authoritative, commentator or critic. |
| reconstitute |
to put together or form again. |
| rehabilitate |
to restore to good health or to an otherwise improved state of being. |
| sardonic |
bitterly mocking; derisive; scornful. |
| tantamount |
equal to or the same as; equivalent. |
| veritable |
true; authentic; real. |
| volatile |
rapidly changeable, especially tending to become violent. |