| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| alimony |
money that a court orders one member of a divorced couple to pay to the other. |
| conspirator |
a person who is involved in a plot with others to perform or a criminal or wrongful act. |
| differentiate |
to distinguish between or among. |
| dupe |
a gullible person; one who can be readily misled or fooled. |
| duplicitous |
deceitful, treacherous, or double-dealing. |
| fragility |
the condition of being delicate and easily broken. |
| fresco |
the art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or limewater, or a picture produced by this method. |
| literal |
in accordance with the ordinary, exact, or primary meaning of a word or words; not figurative or metaphorical. |
| peripheral |
related but not essential. |
| populist |
a person, especially a political leader, who represents, or claims to represent, the interests and concerns of the common people rather than the privileged, the politically powerful, or the intelligentsia. |
| prosaic |
straightforward and plain; unimaginative; dull. |
| rediscover |
to begin experiencing again; find again; regain. |
| reparation |
the act or process of making amends for wrongdoing or injury. |
| resilience |
the ability to resume shape after being pressed or stretched. |