| altruistic |
unselfishly devoted to the welfare of others. |
| curvature |
the condition of being bent or rounded. |
| enmity |
the mutual feeling of enemies toward each other; hatred; hostility; antagonism. |
| harangue |
a long, vehement, and often pompous speech or piece of writing, especially such a speech delivered in public; tirade. |
| harmonious |
characterized by agreement or accord. |
| oracular |
of, like, pertaining to, of having the nature of divine wisdom; prophetic; wise. |
| patina |
a greenish, brownish, or reddish crust or film produced by oxidation on the surface of old metals such as bronze and copper. |
| presumptuous |
excessively bold or forward. |
| ratify |
to approve in an official way; confirm. |
| reprehensible |
deserving of blame or reproof; condemnable; blameworthy. |
| rote |
unthinking or mechanical routine or habit. |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be holy. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |