| amass |
to gather or accumulate for oneself. |
| criminality |
the condition or fact of being against the law; illegality. |
| defray |
to pay or assist in the payment of (costs or the like). |
| gibe |
a mocking or derisive comment. |
| incise |
to cut into the surface of. |
| indubitable |
without question; certain. |
| inescapable |
unable to be avoided or ignored. |
| lampoon |
an attack through ridicule, as in an essay, cartoon, or comedy; satire. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| prurient |
characterized by or causing lewdness or lust. |
| redouble |
to make twice as great; renew more vigorously; intensify. |
| secular |
of or concerning the world and material concerns as opposed to religious or spiritual concerns; temporal. |
| soluble |
able to be dissolved. |
| vociferous |
crying out, especially in protest; vocal; clamorous. |
| wasteland |
land where there are no living things or where nothing will grow. |