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- plausible
- seeming or apparently valid
- mundane
- belonging to this earth or world, as contrasted with heavenly
- fervor
- great warmth and earnestness of feeling
- titillating
- to excite in a superficial pleasurable manner
- marinade
- a liquid with spices and herbs used to soak meat before cooking
- chivalry
- qualities idealized by knighthood such as bravery, courtesy, honor, etc.,
- surrealism
- An avant-garde movement in the arts stressing Freudian and Marxist ideas, unconscious elements, irrationalism, and the symbolic association of ideas. Surrealist movies were produced roughly from 1924 to 1931, primarily in France, though there are surrealistic elements in the works of many directors, and especially in music videos. Sought to pursue within artistic structures the juxtapositions, transitions, and bizarre logic characteristic of dreams and the unconscious.
- uncouth
- crude, unrefined
- filagree
- delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)
- repudiate
- to reject validity or to disown
- clarence darrow
- A famed criminal defense lawyer for Scopes, who supported evolution. He caused William Jennings Bryan to appear foolish when questioning Bryan about the Bible.
- manifesto
- a public declaration of principles, policies or intentions
- fastidious
- possessing or displaying meticulous attention to detail
- plebian
- relating to the common people of ancient Rome
- soporific
- causing sleep; also, something that causes sleep.
- encapsulate
- to encase in, or as if in, a capsule