| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| cessation |
a pausing or stopping; discontinuance. |
| cuisine |
a particular type of cooking, especially that of a particular region, or the food in general that is prepared in this way. |
| ferment |
a state of upset or fast change. |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, especially such a speech delivered in public; tirade. |
| 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. |
| imbue |
to inspire or permeate, as with an idea or emotion; deeply influence. |
| iniquity |
great injustice or wickedness. |
| inscrutable |
impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious. |
| ostracize |
to exclude or shun, by general agreement of the group imposing the exclusion. |
| pique |
to cause (a feeling or action) to be aroused or incited. |
| populous |
having a large population. |
| preempt |
to seize or appropriate ahead of others. |
| sensory |
of or pertaining to hearing, seeing, smelling, tasting, or touching. |
| upshot |
the most important issue, result, or conclusion. |