| agnostic |
one who believes it is impossible to know anything about the existence or nonexistence of God or about the essential nature of things beyond the material universe. |
| allusive |
abounding in or characterized by indirect references to culture, history, or other works of art, which are to be recognized or understood by the audience. |
| axiom |
an obvious or generally accepted principle. |
| carnage |
the mass killing of people; slaughter. |
| concurrent |
existing or occurring at the same time. |
| discontinuance |
the act of stopping or condition of being stopped; interruption. |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| lampoon |
an attack through ridicule, as in an essay, cartoon, or comedy; satire. |
| patrician |
of, concerning, or belonging to an aristocratic class. |
| propaganda |
information or opinions that are made public to promote or attack a movement, cause, or person. |
| scapegoat |
one made to bear the blame for the wrongs of others. |
| scruple |
a belief about right and wrong that keeps a person from doing something that may be bad. |
| temperament |
the manner of thinking, feeling, and acting that is characteristic of a particular person or animal. |
| venal |
capable of acting dishonestly or wrongly in return for money or the like; open to accepting bribes; corrupt. |