| apex |
the highest point; tip. |
| belated |
too late; tardy. |
| exhort |
to advise, urge, or incite with great seriousness. |
| fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| lampoon |
an attack through ridicule, as in an essay, cartoon, or comedy; satire. |
| meander |
to wind back and forth. |
| naturalistic |
exhibiting or pertaining to naturalism. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| perpetrate |
to commit or carry out (a crime, act of mischief, or the like). |
| prudery |
the state, quality, or characteristic of being overly concerned with modest or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| ramification |
a consequence or related aspect of something; offshoot. |
| refractory |
obstinately disobedient; difficult to control, as a child or animal. |
| solicit |
to try to obtain (business, recruits, donations, help, or the like) by persuasion, formal request, or pleading. |
| stratify |
to assign categories or create divisions within (a society) according to a hierarchy of social or economic classes. |