| antecedent |
an event, circumstance, or thing coming before another. |
| apex |
the highest point; tip. |
| bigotry |
intolerance of any group or belief that is not one's own, especially in the form of racial, ethnic, or religious intolerance and prejudice. |
| bilious |
ill-tempered; irritable. |
| carouse |
to revel in a boisterous and drunken manner. |
| circumstantial |
relevant but not essential; incidental. |
| concurrent |
existing or occurring at the same time. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| extricate |
to free or release from difficulty, entanglement, or involvement; disengage. |
| jocose |
inclined to joke; jovial; merry. |
| juxtaposition |
the state of being placed side by side, especially for the purposes of comparison and contrast. |
| noteworthy |
deserving attention; remarkable. |
| primeval |
of or suggestive of the first age or ages. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |