| accountability |
the state or quality of being responsible for providing an explanation or justification. |
| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| enmity |
the mutual feeling of enemies toward each other; hatred; hostility; antagonism. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| metabolism |
the processes in plants and animals by which food is changed into energy or used to make cells and tissues. |
| pastoral |
of or relating to the country or country life; rural. |
| personify |
to be a perfect or typical example of; embody. |
| petulance |
the state or quality of being easily or unreasonably irritated, impatient, or ill tempered. |
| progression |
the act of moving forward or onward. |
| repugnance |
strong dislike, distaste, or aversion. |
| spat1 |
a short, slight quarrel. |
| surmount |
to get over or past; overcome; conquer. |
| trajectory |
the actual or expected path of a moving object, especially the curve followed by a projectile, missile, or spacecraft in flight. |
| uncritical |
not making critical judgments or discriminations, especially those based on standards. |
| vintage |
a class of objects produced during a certain era or year. |