| burlesque |
a book, play, skit, or the like that mocks something by comically treating it with inappropriate seriousness or levity. |
| contiguous |
in contact; touching; adjoining. |
| correlate |
to have a causal, complementary, parallel, or reciprocal relationship. |
| disperse |
to drive away in all directions; scatter. |
| exculpate |
to free (a person or group) from guilt or blame, or from the suspicion of guilt or blame. |
| fissure |
a narrow crevice or other opening, especially one caused by splitting. |
| foreshadow |
to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. |
| intolerable |
too difficult or unpleasant to be near or to bear. |
| petite |
of a girl or woman, short and slender. |
| scintillate |
to send out sparks. |
| seclusion |
the act of isolating or hiding away, or the condition of being isolated in this way. |
| turgid |
overwrought in language or style; too solemn or too ornate; inflated; bombastic. |
| unconscionable |
not restrained or guided by a concern for what is right and just; unprincipled. |
| veracity |
conformance to fact; accuracy; truth. |