| acumen |
superior insight; quickness and shrewdness of judgment, especially in practical matters. |
| advocate |
to speak or act in favor of. |
| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| coherent |
lumping, holding, or sticking together. |
| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. |
| connote |
to suggest or imply (meanings or associations) in addition to the literal meaning. |
| depravity |
moral corruption; wickedness. |
| drivel |
foolish or silly speech or ideas. |
| indispose |
to cause unwillingness or disinclination in; make averse. |
| ludicrous |
worthy of mockery; laughable and ridiculous. |
| posthumous |
beginning, occurring, or continuing after one's death. |
| 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. |
| resonance |
ability to make a strong or lasting effect, especially because of an emotional association. |
| throe |
(usually plural) any convulsive or anguished struggle, or great exertion. |
| uncritical |
not making critical judgments or discriminations, especially those based on standards. |