| accountability |
the state or quality of being responsible for providing an explanation or justification. |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| caricature |
a depiction, in a drawing or verbal description, that deliberately exaggerates or distorts some features of the person or thing represented to produce a comic or grotesque appearance. |
| culmination |
the highest point; zenith; climax. |
| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usually by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| impiety |
lack of reverence or respect, especially for what others consider sacred. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| nicety |
a subtle distinction; fine point. |
| pertinent |
having to do with or connected to a subject; relevant. |
| philosophy |
the study of the nature of life, truth, knowledge, and other important human matters, |
| sprightly |
lively, spirited, or energetic. |
| tawdry |
falsely showy; cheap and gaudy. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |
| wholehearted |
without reservation; sincere and enthusiastic. |
| wily |
cleverly deceitful; tricky; cunning. |