vocab

• genre: type
• etymological: relating to the origin or meaning of a word or phrase, especially in terms of its roots
• plausible: possible
• sublime: so great
• terracotta: a clay material that is fired at a high temperature to make it hard and durable
• archaic: old-fashioned
• solidify: to become firm and solid, to become more definite; make stronger
• facade: the front / face
• depiction: a representation in words/images of someone / something
• ornate: very detailed
• rambunctious: full of energy and excitement; lively and boisterous
• anthropomorphic: having human characteristics
• extant: still existing; surviving
• integral: essential, fundamental
• interludes: a pause, break, intermission
• disenfranchised: unable to vote
• compelled: forced, pressure
• stately: formal; dignified
• allotted: assigned
• solemn: serious
• scion: a descendant of a notable family; a young shoot / twig of a plant; an heir
• elegy: a formal poem presenting a meditation on death or another solemn theme; serious / sad
• hymn: a religious song /poem of praise to God or a god
• fledgling: emerging, arising; immature bird
• suppliant: pleader, petitioner, beseecher
• pious / piety: sincere; religious
• brigand: bandit, robber, outlaw, criminal
• aureate: made of, or having the color go gold; highly ornamented / elaborate / fancy
• xanthic: yellowish
• perjury: lying under oath; the offense of willfully telling an untruth in a court after having taken an oath / affirmation
• didactic: instructive, instructional, intended to teach
• synecdoche: a figure of speech in which a part of something is used to represent the whole or vice versa
• metonymy: the substitution of the name of an attribute / adjunct for that of the thing meant "hand in marriage"
• gibe: an insulting / mocking remark, taunt
• pinnacle: the most successful point; highest level, peak
• scapegoat: a person / thing taking the blame for others
• suborn: bribe / otherwise induce to commit an unlawful act such as perjury
• perdition: a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death
• abdicate: renounce one's throne, resign; fail to fulfill / undertake (a responsibility / duty), drop out
• coruscate: flash / sparkle