| archetype |
an original model or pattern from which others are made or copied. |
| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| complaisant |
eager or willing to please; amenable; obliging. |
| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| criteria |
a set of standards or tests by which to judge or decide something. |
| expurgate |
to remove from a book or the like material considered to be offensive or erroneous prior to publication. |
| landlocked |
without any access to the sea. |
| loquacity |
the quality or an instance of talking a great deal or excessively; talkativeness. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| protagonist |
the leading character in a literary work. |
| skeptic |
one who is inclined to question or doubt assertions that are made or accepted by others. |
| tertiary |
third in order, rank, importance, degree, or the like. |
| torrid |
parched or scorched by the sun, as a geographic area. |