| alacrity |
willing promptness. |
| arbiter |
someone who has the authority to decide an issue or settle a dispute. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| deviate |
to turn away from a direct course or one that has already been set. |
| facile |
acting or working in an easy, effortless manner. |
| imbibe |
to take up or consume by drinking. |
| paean |
a song or hymn sung as an expression of praise. |
| philosophy |
the study of the nature of life, truth, knowledge, and other important human matters, |
| recurrence |
an act or instance of happening or appearing again or repeatedly. |
| skepticism |
distrust or disbelief, or a general tendency to doubt and question. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |
| titular |
having a title but none of the power or responsibility related to it; nominal. |
| transgression |
the act or an instance of violating a law, religious commandment, or the like; sin; crime; trespass. |
| vanquish |
to subdue or defeat by or as if by greater force; conquer; overcome. |