WOW Satrapi

obligatory

Required by compulsion or convention.

decadence

The state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities.

avant-garde

Radically new or original.

tyranny

Government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator.

imperialism

A policy of extending your rule over foreign countries.

dialectic

Of reasoning that arrives at truth by exchanging arguments.

perpetrate

Perform an act, usually with a negative connotation.

degenerate

Grow worse.

secular

Not concerned with or devoted to religion.

bleak

Offering little or no hope.

frivolity

Something of little value or significance.

martyr

One who voluntarily suffers death.

porter

A person employed to carry luggage and supplies.

effigy

A representation of a person.

subversive

In opposition to an established system or government.

diabolical

Showing cunning or ingenuity or wickedness.

exile

The act of expelling a person from their native land.

belligerent

Characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight.

skeptical

Marked by or given to doubt.

fatalism

A doctrine that all events are predetermined in advance.