| buoyancy |
the capacity to float or rise to the top in a liquid or gas. |
| buttress |
a structure built to give support to the outside of a building or a wall. |
| captious |
inclined to petty criticism; faultfinding. |
| gouge |
a cut or hole made with something sharp. |
| heretic |
a person who maintains unorthodox religious opinions or beliefs, especially a baptized Roman Catholic who dissents from official church doctrine. |
| inane |
devoid of meaning or substance; nonsensical. |
| nepotism |
favoritism shown to a near relative, as in preferential hiring or patronage. |
| objectivity |
the quality of being unbiased or without prejudice. |
| oscillate |
to swing steadily and repeatedly back and forth. |
| parable |
a very short story told to teach a moral or religious lesson. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| recrimination |
an accusation made in response to being accused by another, or the act of countering one accusation with another. |
| resuscitate |
to bring back to life or consciousness; revive. |
| scavenger |
an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants; a person who finds things that others no longer want. |
| tedium |
the state or condition of being dull, boring, or wearisome; monotony. |