| 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. |
| arbitration |
the consideration and decision of an issue or dispute by someone who has the official authority to decide such matters. |
| culvert |
a man-made channel for drainage or the like that passes under a street or other thoroughfare. |
| exude |
to emit or give off from, or as if from, the pores of the skin. |
| gallantry |
admirable courage. |
| opinionated |
having definite and unchangeable views of things, often seemingly on all subjects. |
| parley |
a discussion, especially between opponents or enemies, as to establish terms of truce. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| regent |
one who governs in place of a disabled or underage ruler. |
| risqué |
very close to indecency or indelicacy; sexually suggestive; racy. |
| sentient |
having the capacity to receive sensations; able to perceive. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| ungovernable |
unable to be governed, ordered, or controlled; uncontrollable. |
| vapid |
lacking spirit, life, or flavor; dull; uninteresting. |
| wean |
to cause to be free of a habit, activity, or the like, often by means of a distraction or substitute. |