| auspice |
(usually plural) sponsorship or protection; patronage. |
| burlesque |
a book, play, skit, or the like that mocks something by comically treating it with inappropriate seriousness or levity. |
| deference |
respect for and submission to the desires, opinions, or judgments of another. |
| figment |
something imaginary or invented. |
| frivolous |
unworthy of serious consideration or merit; trivial or silly. |
| homogeneous |
having all parts of the same or a similar type. |
| intimacy |
the condition of being close in friendship or otherwise intimate. |
| misdemeanor |
in law, a class of illegal act that is less serious than a felony and carries a lighter sentence; minor offense. |
| monochromatic |
having or using only a single color or shades of one color. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| Philistine |
(sometimes lower case) one who is ignorant of, smugly indifferent to, or hostile to aesthetic and cultural values. |
| pirouette |
a ballet movement involving a rapid rotation of the body upon the toes or foot. |
| restitution |
the payment of money in order to compensate for damage, loss, or injury. |
| roil |
to disturb or anger; agitate. |
| simplistic |
excessively simplified, as to be unrealistic. |