| absolve |
to free from consequences, blame, or guilt. |
| bourgeois |
of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class. |
| cerebral |
characterized by intellect or reason. |
| coerce |
to persuade or pressure (a person) to do something by using threats, intimidation, or the like. |
| expunge |
to cross out or erase. |
| figment |
something imaginary or invented. |
| impel |
to drive or incite to action. |
| infinitesimal |
of a thing or quantity, too small to be measured or calculated. |
| naturalistic |
exhibiting or pertaining to naturalism. |
| perforate |
to make a hole in. |
| prurient |
characterized by or causing lewdness or lust. |
| referent |
anything in the real world or in the imagination that is symbolized or referred to by a word or other symbol. |
| rote |
unthinking or mechanical routine or habit. |
| satirical |
containing or marked by the use of parody or irony to ridicule or denounce human corruptness or folly. |
| undulate |
to move in waves or a wavelike motion. |