| coherent |
lumping, holding, or sticking together. |
| defeatist |
characterized by an acceptance or expectation of failure. |
| dispassionate |
without strong feeling or bias; calm; impartial. |
| forage |
food for animals such as horses or cattle. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| laity |
the body of members of a religious group who are not part of the clergy. |
| outstrip |
to exceed or surpass. |
| pariah |
a despised or socially outcast person. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| prosaic |
straightforward and plain; unimaginative; dull. |
| respective |
of or belonging to each one. |
| skeptic |
one who is inclined to question or doubt assertions that are made or accepted by others. |
| stringent |
rigorous or exacting; strict. |
| travail |
strenuous and often painful or exhausting work; toil. |
| verve |
energetic enthusiasm; liveliness. |