| caustic |
bitingly critical. |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| entity |
anything that exists objectively and distinctly, whether nonliving or living; thing or being. |
| implausible |
hard to believe or credit. |
| inquisition |
an official inquiry, especially for the purpose of enforcing political, social, or religious conformity. |
| maternity |
the state of being a mother; motherhood. |
| raconteur |
one who is talented in storytelling. |
| reciprocity |
a mutual interchange of privileges or favors between two nations, groups, or institutions. |
| reorganize |
to reestablish or arrange anew. |
| spurious |
not genuine, authentic, or valid; false. |
| temporize |
to be indecisive or delay acting, as in order to gain time or avoid conflict. |
| trajectory |
the actual or expected path of a moving object, especially the curve followed by a projectile, missile, or spacecraft in flight. |
| unregulated |
not subject to rules or constraints. |
| workaday |
ordinary; mundane; everyday. |
| wrest |
to take away with, or as if with, a twist or pull. |