| dais |
a raised platform for speakers or the seating of special guests. |
| egotism |
excessive self-promotion; boastfulness or conceitedness. |
| felicity |
an instance or condition of great happiness; bliss. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| hedonistic |
adhering to or characterized by the principle that pleasure should be the primary aim in life. |
| implacable |
not to be pacified or diverted; unappeasable or inexorable. |
| inestimable |
of value or worth that cannot be measured; invaluable. |
| onerous |
unwanted, unpleasant, and burdensome. |
| ostracize |
to exclude or shun, by general agreement of the group imposing the exclusion. |
| pejorative |
acting or tending to create a negative impression; disparaging; demeaning. |
| recourse |
that which may be turned to for assistance, protection, or a way out of a difficult situation. |
| requisite |
required or essential. |
| stanza |
a group of related lines in a poem that make up one section within the poem. Stanzas often have a regular meter and rhyme pattern. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
| unsubstantiated |
lacking the evidence or verification needed to establish as true. |