| adulation |
extreme or excessive praise. |
| antecedent |
an event, circumstance, or thing coming before another. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| culmination |
the highest point; zenith; climax. |
| discontinuity |
lack of coherence or logical sequence. |
| emboss |
to decorate the surface of with a raised design. |
| exigent |
requiring immediate attention; urgent or critical. |
| foreshadow |
to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure. |
| heresy |
a religious belief or doctrine not in keeping with the established doctrine of a church, especially the rejection of or dissent from any aspect of Roman Catholic Church dogma by a baptized church member. |
| impassioned |
full of strong emotion. |
| peruse |
to read or examine attentively and in detail. |
| proliferate |
to spread or increase quickly. |
| sordid |
morally bad; ignoble or base. |
| stature |
relative status as measured by skill or achievement; reputation. |
| unguided |
without someone to lead or escort. |