| affluent |
having a lot of money; rich; wealthy. |
| bequest |
property handed down by will; legacy. |
| conformist |
one who tends to act in accordance or compliance with established standards or norms. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| depict |
to show, describe, or portray in a painting, sculpture, or written work. |
| diligent |
trying hard and steadily to achieve a goal. |
| manipulate |
to handle or operate skillfully with the hands. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| morass |
something that hinders passage or engulfs an unwary person. |
| ribald |
characterized by or using rude, coarse, or vulgar language or humor. |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be holy. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |
| tenacious |
holding on or tending to hold on strongly or persistently (sometimes followed by "of"). |
| utilitarian |
of, concerning, or aiming at usefulness. |
| utopia |
(often capitalized) an imagined or proposed place or society that is ideal, especially in its laws, ethics, and treatment of humanity. |