| absurdity |
the condition or quality of being absurd, of being completely contrary to logic or the normal order of things. |
| axiom |
an obvious or generally accepted principle. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| earthy |
realistic, practical, and unpretentious. |
| experimentation |
the act, process, or practice of running tests or trials. |
| fulcrum |
that which other things are contingent upon or built around; a pivotal point or agent. |
| impart |
to give all or a part of; bestow or transmit. |
| implacable |
not to be pacified or diverted; unappeasable or inexorable. |
| inherent |
existing in or belonging to something as an essential or inborn part of its nature; innate; intrinsic. |
| mesmerize |
to induce a hypnotic trance in; hypnotize. |
| offhand |
done without thinking or preparing ahead of time. |
| patron |
a regular customer of a shop, restaurant, or some other business. |
| perfidy |
an act or the practice of conscious, deliberate disloyalty or treachery; breach of faith. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| unconscionable |
not restrained or guided by a concern for what is right and just; unprincipled. |