| detriment |
harm, injury, or loss. |
| grandiose |
pretentious or pompous. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| impudence |
the act or condition of being boldly disrespectful; insolence. |
| Lilliputian |
(often lower case) very tiny; extremely small. |
| pariah |
a despised or socially outcast person. |
| peccadillo |
a minor sin or offense, or a slight fault. |
| posit |
to propose or suggest as an account of something or as a contribution to an understanding of something. |
| prudery |
the state, quality, or characteristic of being overly concerned with modest or proper conduct, speech, dress, or the like. |
| tactile |
of, having, or pertaining to the sense of touch. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| tenure |
the period of holding or possessing something. |
| tortuous |
changing direction frequently; twisting, winding, or crooked, as a path. |
| trajectory |
the actual or expected path of a moving object, especially the curve followed by a projectile, missile, or spacecraft in flight. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |