advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
allegory |
in art or literature, the use of concrete characters, events, or things, to represent abstract qualities or ideas, often to make a point about good and evil. |
capitalist |
one who supports an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned, and prices are chiefly determined by open competition in a free market. |
disseminate |
to spread widely, as though scattering seed. |
entrench |
to establish firmly and unchangeably. |
mimicry |
an act, instance, or the art of imitating or copying the speech, behavior, or expressions of others. |
misguide |
to misdirect or lead astray. |
negligible |
so small or unimportant as to be of no account; trifling or insignificant. |
pivotal |
critically important or crucial; on which something is contingent. |
prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
provident |
showing wisdom and foresight in planning for the future. |
quaff |
to drink, especially deeply and with obvious enjoyment. |
sally |
a sudden forward attack or rush from a defensive position by a military force. |
stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |
verisimilitude |
the appearance or semblance of truth or reality. |