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| to accept, agree, or allow something to happen by staying silent or by not arguing |
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| a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation |
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| a comment spoken by a character in a play that is heard by the audience but is supposedly not heard by other characters on stage |
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| to speak or act playfully or wittily |
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| the act or process of releasing a strong emotion (such as pity or fear) especially by expressing it in an art form |
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| the scar of a healed wound. |
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| treat in an indulgent or overprotective way. |
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| moral or cultural decline as characterized by excessive indulgence in pleasure or luxury.Decay of a society like the Roman empire. |
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| the study of changes (such as the number of births, deaths, marriages, and illnesses) that occur over a period of time in human populations |
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| a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. |
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| gestures used to convey a meaning or message without speech; mime. |
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| A moment of sudden relization or insight. |
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| a phrase or statement written in memory of a person who has died |
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| the use of ambiguous language to conceal the truth or to avoid committing oneself |
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| (of words or the person speaking them) fluent and voluble but insincere and shallow. |
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| a fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero or heroine. |
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| exemption from punishment or freedom from the injurious consequences of an action. |
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| fond of or characterized by joking; humorous or playful. |
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| Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious. |
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| a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. |
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| a person who tricks and cheats other people. |
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| a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction |
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| voluntary self-punishment inflicted as an outward expression of repentance for having done wrong. |
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| causing great harm or damage often in a way that is not easily seen or noticed. |
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| the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form. |
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| an approach that assesses the truth of meaning of theories or beliefs in terms of the success of their practical application. |
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| a self-righteously moralistic person who behaves as if superior to others |
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| a joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings. |
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| rid (someone) of an unwanted feeling, memory, or condition, typically giving a sense of cathartic release. |
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| the action of killing a rightful king. |
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| language that is intended to influence people and that may not be honest or reasonable. |
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| relating to sex in a way that is excessive or offensive. |
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| a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid (e.g., as brave as a lion, crazy like a fox ). |
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| having or showing an excessive pride in oneself or one's achievements. |
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| an act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, esp. by a character in a play. |
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| possessing supreme or ultimate power. |
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| Being beyond what is required or sufficient. |
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| of the highest quality or degree. |
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| alternate or waver between different opinions or actions; be indecisive. |
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| An evil, degrading, or immoral practice or habit. |
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| behavior showing high moral standards. |
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