| amplitude |
the state or quality of being ample; largeness. |
| emanate |
to come or send forth; issue or emit. |
| engulf |
to cover entirely, as if by a flood. |
| fanaticism |
excessive or unreasonable enthusiasm or support for something. |
| frenetic |
frantic; frenzied. |
| heresy |
a religious belief or doctrine not in keeping with the established doctrine of a church, especially the rejection of or dissent from any aspect of Roman Catholic Church dogma by a baptized church member. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| protégé |
a person under the care or sponsorship of an influential patron. |
| regress |
to go back or backwards, as in reverting to an earlier form or stage of development. |
| revert |
to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be holy. |
| shard |
a piece of a broken object, especially a fragment of pottery or glass. |
| tempestuous |
characterized by disturbance or commotion; stormy; turbulent. |
| transgression |
the act or an instance of violating a law, religious commandment, or the like; sin; crime; trespass. |