| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| allusive |
abounding in or characterized by indirect references to culture, history, or other works of art, which are to be recognized or understood by the audience. |
| captious |
inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding. |
| castigation |
the act of rebuking, severely criticizing, or punishing, especially in a public forum. |
| dictum |
a formal or official pronouncement or declaration. |
| entomology |
the science concerned with insects. |
| gargantuan |
(sometimes capitalized) of enormous proportions; huge; gigantic. |
| gubernatorial |
of or pertaining to the office of governor or to a governor. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| profane |
irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. |
| profiteer |
a person who gains excessive profits, especially by selling scarce commodities at very high prices. |
| protagonist |
the leading character in a literary work. |
| psyche |
the mental makeup of a person or group. |
| recipient |
one who accepts something that has been sent or given, or one who has been awarded something. |
| succulent |
full of juice or sap; juicy. |