| 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. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| carnal |
of or pertaining to the flesh or body, especially sexual appetites and activities. |
| chimerical |
existing only in the mind; fanciful. |
| confluence |
a joining of two or more streams, or their point of junction. |
| constrain |
to keep within tight restrictions; confine. |
| entomology |
the science concerned with insects. |
| exhilaration |
intense high spirits. |
| immobility |
the state or condition of not moving or being motionless. |
| impiety |
lack of reverence or respect, especially for what others consider sacred. |
| latent |
present but not yet apparent, developed, or operative. |
| limpid |
perfectly clear; transparent. |
| pauper |
a very poor person who must live on public money. |
| plausible |
seeming to be true or reasonable; credible. |
| reinstate |
to put back into a former position, condition, or state of effectiveness. |