| abdicate |
to officially give up a position of power or a right. |
| 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. |
| arbiter |
someone who has the authority to decide an issue or settle a dispute. |
| belligerence |
a very aggressive or hostile attitude; warlike nature. |
| bourgeois |
of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class. |
| carouse |
to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner. |
| churl |
a rude or vulgar person. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| decorum |
properness of behavior, manner, appearance, or the like; dignity; propriety. |
| douse1 |
to place or plunge in water or another liquid; immerse. |
| hydraulic |
of, concerning, operated by, or moved by water or another liquid under pressure. |
| irrefutable |
impossible to disprove; indisputable. |
| profane |
irreverent or irreligious; blasphemous. |
| torrid |
parched or scorched by the sun, as a geographic area. |
| verisimilitude |
the appearance or semblance of truth or reality. |