| chaste |
not having committed fornication or adultery. |
| depict |
to show, describe, or portray in a painting, sculpture, or written work. |
| embalm |
to treat (a corpse) with preservatives before burial. |
| enrapture |
to cause to be in rapture or to be ecstatically joyful. |
| fiasco |
an utter and shameful failure. |
| impart |
to give all or a part of; bestow or transmit. |
| magnate |
someone of exceptional power, wealth, or influence, especially in business. |
| marauder |
one who raids or invades in order to plunder. |
| monotony |
tiresome lack of variation. |
| perfunctory |
done quickly and as a matter of routine; performed without care. |
| pummel |
to strike heavily with or as if with the fists, a sword, a club, or the like; beat. |
| ruse |
a trick, pretense, or diversion intended to deceive or mislead. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |
| transitory |
lasting for only a short time; brief. |
| vernacular |
spoken by the native or common people of a region or country. |