| aura |
the subtle emanation of a quality or condition of someone or something. |
| bane |
something or someone that causes ruin or great trouble. |
| brazen |
shameless; bold. |
| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
| dilapidated |
fallen into ruin or decay. |
| enrapture |
to cause to be in rapture or to be ecstatically joyful. |
| exchangeable |
capable of being interchanged with or given in return for another. |
| hoodwink |
to trick, deceive, or dupe. |
| imbibe |
to take up or consume by drinking. |
| incisive |
marked by clear, penetrating thought; sharp. |
| ingrain |
to impress (habits, ideas, values, or the like) deeply and firmly in one's nature or mind. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| marquee |
a canopy or a covering like a roof over the entrance to a building. The marquee over a theater shows the title of the current play or film and sometimes the names of the actors. |
| promontory |
a high cliff that sticks out into a large body of water or that rises above an area of lower land. |
| satire |
a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. |