pellucid
transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity
meme
a cultural unit (an idea or value or pattern of behavior) that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means (as by imitation)
trope
language used in a figurative or nonliteral sense
apostate
not faithful to religion or party or cause
recreant
having deserted a cause or principle
fillip
anything that tends to arouse
