| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| captivate |
to charm or fascinate, as by beauty or wit; enthrall. |
| cite |
to use the words of someone else; quote. |
| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
| fresco |
the art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or limewater, or a picture produced by this method. |
| larceny |
the stealing of another's personal property; theft. |
| moderation |
the avoidance of excesses or extremes, especially in behavior. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| outstrip |
to exceed or surpass. |
| plausible |
seeming to be true or reasonable; credible. |
| probity |
proven trustworthiness; honesty; integrity. |
| recount |
to tell a history of events; relate; narrate. |
| transmute |
to change into another form, substance, state, or the like. |
| tribulation |
severe suffering or affliction; distress. |
| vintage |
a class of objects produced during a certain era or year. |