| 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. |
| bombast |
boastful, pompous, or otherwise overblown utterances. |
| eloquence |
skill or ability to use language that impresses or persuades. |
| epoch |
an important period in human history. |
| laudable |
worthy of praise. |
| preclude |
to prevent from happening by means of prior action or previously established condition. |
| preempt |
to seize or appropriate ahead of others. |
| rancorous |
feeling or showing bitter resentment; hateful. |
| ravish |
to overwhelm with emotion or sensation; enrapture. |
| redundant |
unnecessarily repetitive. |
| renounce |
to give up (a right or claim) usually by formal declaration or announcement; waive. |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be holy. |
| scathing |
harshly condemning; brutal. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |