| aggrandize |
to make, or cause to appear, grander in wealth, stature, power, or influence; exalt. |
| delimit |
to define or mark the boundaries of; demarcate. |
| deprave |
to change for the worse, especially morally; corrupt; pervert. |
| enigma |
something puzzling, contradictory, or mysterious; something for which a solution cannot be found. |
| introspection |
examination of one's own thoughts, emotions, and sensations; self-scrutiny. |
| lustrous |
shining; glossy; bright. |
| potentate |
a person of great power, such as a ruler. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| repugnant |
extremely distasteful to one's senses or principles; disgusting. |
| theocracy |
a form of government in which a god or gods are acknowledged as the ultimate authority. |
| trove |
a collection of valuable or desirable things. |
| unfrock |
to deprive of priestly status. |
| utilitarian |
of, concerning, or aiming at usefulness. |
| vagary |
an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant occurrence, action, or idea; whim. |