| 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. |
| archetype |
an original model or pattern from which others are made or copied. |
| bereaved |
in a state of grief over the death of a friend or relative. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| contortion |
a straining or twisting by the intellect; mental gymnastics. |
| digress |
to stray from the main topic; ramble. |
| humbug |
something without substance or meaning, such as an idea or argument; nonsense. |
| hydraulic |
of, concerning, operated by, or moved by water or another liquid under pressure. |
| ominous |
giving a sign of future evil or trouble. |
| opalescent |
exhibiting a spectrum of colors or changing colors; iridescent. |
| peccadillo |
a minor sin or offense, or a slight fault. |
| scandalous |
causing, or likely to cause, a scandal; shocking; disgraceful. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |