| claimant |
one who alleges something to be true or demands something as one's right. |
| commune2 |
a group of people living together as a community, working collectively on land owned in common or by a government. |
| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
| elliptical |
tending toward or characterized by an economy of expression that creates ambiguity or obscurity, often purposefully. |
| fervid |
heated or impassioned; intensely enthusiastic. |
| idealist |
a person with high or noble principles, goals, or codes of action. |
| incantation |
the words or sounds that are uttered or chanted as part of a magical ritual or spell, or the act of uttering such words or sounds. |
| infidelity |
unfaithfulness, especially to marital vows; adultery. |
| introspection |
examination of one's own thoughts, emotions, and sensations; self-scrutiny. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| perdition |
the loss of the soul for eternity; damnation. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |
| temperance |
habitual moderation in the use of alcoholic drink, or complete abstinence. |
| wily |
cleverly deceitful; tricky; cunning. |