| 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. |
| antipodes |
places directly opposite each other on the surface of the earth, as the North Pole and the South Pole. |
| engulf |
to cover entirely, as if by a flood. |
| gawk |
to look at someone or something fixedly and somewhat dopily; gape. |
| lionize |
to view or treat (someone) as a celebrity or extraordinary person. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| objectivity |
the quality of being unbiased or without prejudice. |
| ossify |
to become inflexible or rigid, as in thought or behavior. |
| parry |
to deflect or knock aside (a blow or stroke), as with one's weapon in fencing. |
| perturb |
to cause great disturbance in (the mind); agitate or worry. |
| preponderance |
superiority in amount, strength, significance, weight, or the like. |
| profane |
irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. |
| proponent |
one who proposes or favors an idea, doctrine, course of action, or the like. |
| ramification |
a consequence or related aspect of something; offshoot. |
| tussle |
to fight or struggle roughly or energetically; scuffle. |