| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| incipient |
starting to exist or become apparent; in an early stage of development. |
| integral |
being an essential part of the whole. |
| misconception |
an error in understanding; wrong notion or idea. |
| mutable |
able or likely to change. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| proclivity |
a natural tendency or inclination; propensity or predisposition. |
| rebuttal |
a statement or contention, as in a debate or legal case, that is intended to disprove or confute another. |
| recrimination |
an accusation made in response to being accused by another, or the act of countering one accusation with another. |
| sentient |
having the capacity to receive sensations; able to perceive. |
| suppress |
to stop the activities or progress of, especially by force. |
| taint |
to slightly corrupt or pollute. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| trajectory |
the actual or expected path of a moving object, especially the curve followed by a projectile, missile, or spacecraft in flight. |
| viscid |
of a gluelike consistency. |