| apex |
the highest point; tip. |
| coherent |
lumping, holding, or sticking together. |
| embalm |
to treat (a corpse) with preservatives before burial. |
| evanescent |
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; fleeting. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| instrumental |
serving as an agent or partial cause. |
| nihilism |
the belief that existence has no meaning or purpose. |
| parody |
a humorous imitation in print, music, or performance of a serious person, work of art, or publication. |
| philanthropist |
one who engages in charitable activities. |
| placate |
to calm down and make less angry, especially by appeasement; conciliate; pacify. |
| regress |
to go back or backwards, as in reverting to an earlier form or stage of development. |
| reprieve |
to release (someone) temporarily or permanently from planned or impending punishment, pain, or difficulty. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |
| subsidiary |
assisting or supplementing. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |