| apathy |
lack of interest or feeling. |
| bigotry |
intolerance of any group or belief that is not one's own, especially in the form of racial, ethnic, or religious intolerance and prejudice. |
| brazen |
shameless; bold. |
| 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. |
| doctrinaire |
dogmatically adhering to a theory or a school of thought, regardless of its practicality. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| inimitable |
impossible to mimic or copy, because of uniqueness or superiority. |
| luxuriant |
growing thickly and in great numbers; lush. |
| mausoleum |
a large, elaborate tomb, or the structure that houses such a tomb. |
| prodigy |
a person, especially a young one, of exceptional talent or ability. |
| resurrect |
to restore to life or good standing; raise out of death or disrepute. |
| satire |
a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| valediction |
a farewell speech, especially one given by a student of the highest honors at a graduation ceremony. |
| vouch |
to promise to be true, real, or correct (usually followed by "for"). |