| admonish |
to warn or caution. |
| demagogue |
a leader, especially a speaker or politician, who attempts to persuade and to gain a following by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the public, rather than by rational argument. |
| evoke |
to call forth or bring out (an image, memory, response, or the like) in the mind or in action. |
| impetus |
something that urges or impels; a driving force. |
| introspection |
examination of one's own thoughts, emotions, and sensations; self-scrutiny. |
| jocose |
inclined to joke; jovial; merry. |
| lewd |
characterized by vulgarity or offensively explicit sexual references; bawdy. |
| pertain |
to relate to or have to do with something. |
| pundit |
an authoritative, or purportedly authoritative, commentator or critic. |
| repressive |
acting or tending to restrain or subdue. |
| revelry |
noisy merrymaking. |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be holy. |
| satire |
a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. |
| solvent |
having enough funds to meet obligations. |
| zealous |
characterized by, showing, or filled with an intense enthusiasm, as toward a cause, purpose, or activity. |