vocab 1

having a sweet, penetrating smell; spicy

having a stern look or manner; strict or severe in modes of living or acting

profane speaking of God or of sacred things; an irreverent act or utterance

that which is held as an opinion; a belief, principle, doctrine (sometimes imperiously or arrogantly declared)

an obscure riddle or puzzle; a baffling situation or person

a belief or opinion at variance with established doctrine in religion or in other fields

characterized by a manner of speaking in which words are used to convey the opposite of their literal meaning; characteristic of that which is the direct opposite of what is expected or hoped for

an intricate structure or system of winding, interconnecting paths or passages; something highly intricate or perplexing in makeup

a quality, especially in literature or art, that awakens feelings of sympathy, pity, compassion, or sorrow

to try to convert

an original held as the standard for subsequent forms

a fanatically devoted or committed person; an immoderate partisan