| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| concealment |
the act of hiding something from sight, or the condition of being hidden from sight. |
| feral |
existing in a wild natural state; not domesticated. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| malevolent |
wishing or doing evil to others; ill-willed; malicious. |
| muse |
to think about something silently or for a long time. |
| neutrality |
the foreign policy of a nation that refuses to take sides in an international dispute. |
| pacifist |
one who opposes war and refuses to practice or acknowledge violence as a way of settling disputes or resisting aggression. |
| piquant |
of food, having a deliciously sharp or spicy taste. |
| placid |
calm, smooth, or peaceful. |
| regurgitate |
to surge or pour back or out, especially from of a place of containment, as gases, liquids, or undigested food. |
| respite |
a period of rest, especially from something difficult or unpleasant. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |
| vie |
to compete with another for victory, superiority, or the like (usually followed by "for"). |