| acrimonious |
filled with bitterness or rancor. |
| auspice |
(usually plural) sponsorship or protection; patronage. |
| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| bequest |
property handed down by will; legacy. |
| bourgeois |
of, related to, or characteristic of the middle class. |
| hegemony |
predominance of one country or social group over others by virtue of leadership or influence. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| montage |
the technique of juxtaposing or superimposing images in a photograph or on motion picture film. |
| poignant |
deeply touching; arousing strong emotion, especially sadness or sympathy; piercing; penetrating. |
| recompense |
payment or action to compensate for the expenditure or loss of time, money, property, or the like. |
| reticence |
the state or quality of being hesitant to speak out; reserve. |
| revere |
to respect or admire greatly. |
| stymie |
throw an obstacle in the way of (something or someone); impede; thwart. |
| tryst |
a meeting held at a specified time and place, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous. |
| vehement |
intensely emotional; impassioned; heated. |