| A | B |
|---|
| allegory | story in which the characters, setting, and other elements stand for something else |
| sagacious | of keen and farsighted judgment |
| gaudy | too flashy or showy; tasteless showiness |
| wanton | appealing to the senses; sensual |
| bizarre | exceedingly strange, odd, or extravagant |
| august | marked by majestic dignity |
| cessation | a halt; to stop |
| dissolution | the breaking down of something; decay |
| voluptuous | full of delight or pleasure to the senses |
| profusion | lavish display |
| monotonous | uttered or sounded in one unvarying tone |
| impede | to interefere with the process of |
