| accountability |
the state or quality of being responsible for providing an explanation or justification. |
| escalation |
increase in amount, scope, or intensity. |
| exchangeable |
capable of being interchanged with or given in return for another. |
| impart |
to give all or a part of; bestow or transmit. |
| infraction |
an act or instance of breaking or violating, usually a rule or law; violation or breach. |
| militant |
aggressive or combative in attitude or actions, especially in defense of a cause. |
| onerous |
unwanted, unpleasant, and burdensome. |
| provocation |
the act of inciting or challenging another to react. |
| refraction |
the bending of rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like when passed obliquely from one medium to another with a different rate of transmission. |
| repugnant |
extremely distasteful to one's senses or principles; disgusting. |
| solvent |
having enough funds to meet obligations. |
| specious |
apparently true, genuine, or plausible, but actually worthless, as an argument or evidence. |
| stymie |
throw an obstacle in the way of (something or someone); impede; thwart. |
| veneer |
a superficial outward appearance or show. |
| zealous |
characterized by, showing, or filled with an intense enthusiasm, as toward a cause, purpose, or activity. |