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Honors 12 - List 10
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| annihilation | total destruction; extinction |
| edifice | a building, especially one of large size or imposing appearance |
| enlightenment | the act of imparting knowledge; an experience of insight or awakening |
| immolation | sacrifice (a sacrifice of a victim); destruction |
| metamorphosis | a complete change in appearance or form |
| retribution | retaliation; vengeance |
| symmetry | balanced proportion |
| undulation | wavelike motion |
| infiltrate | permeate; to pass into or through a substance or place |
| proliferate | to increase in number or spread rapidly and often excessively; to grow or produce |
| cataclysmic | the result from any violent upheaval, especially one of a social or political nature |
| erudite | greatly educated |
| mundane | common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative |