| acrid |
bitter in taste or smell; sharply irritating. |
| adversary |
a person, group, or thing that is against another; opponent; enemy. |
| combatant |
someone or something that engages in fighting, especially as part of warfare. |
| demagogue |
a leader, especially a speaker or politician, who attempts to persuade and to gain a following by appealing to the emotions and prejudices of the public, rather than by rational argument. |
| exhaustive |
thorough and all-encompassing. |
| expurgate |
to remove from a book or the like material considered to be offensive or erroneous prior to publication. |
| impoverish |
to make poor; cause to live in poverty. |
| inquisition |
an official inquiry, especially for the purpose of enforcing political, social, or religious conformity. |
| libel |
in law, written or printed matter that is false, damages a person's reputation or material well-being, and arises from malice or extreme negligence. |
| loner |
one who stays by himself or herself much of the time, especially by choice or inclination. |
| minuscule |
so small as to be almost negligible; tiny. |
| misconception |
an error in understanding; wrong notion or idea. |
| roster |
a list of names of individuals or groups belonging to or participating in an organization, class, military or police unit, or the like. |
| severance |
the act, process, or result of breaking off or separating. |
| stricture |
that which restricts or constrains. |