| acclamation |
enthusiastic applause; loud expression of approval. |
| 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. |
| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| fragility |
the condition of being delicate and easily broken. |
| impasse |
a situation that allows no escape or solution; stalemate. |
| loquacity |
the quality or an instance of talking a great deal or excessively; talkativeness. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| naturalistic |
exhibiting or pertaining to naturalism. |
| ossify |
to become inflexible or rigid, as in thought or behavior. |
| patronize |
to act in an offensively superior manner toward. |
| pertinent |
having to do with or connected to a subject; relevant. |
| prospectus |
a written description or summary of a proposed project. |
| revoke |
to take back, cancel, or make no longer valid. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |
| zenith |
the highest point; peak. |