| adept |
having great skill or ability. |
| augment |
to make greater in size or amount; increase. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| contemptuous |
feeling or expressing angry disgust, as at something unworthy or wicked; scornful. |
| criteria |
a set of standards or tests by which to judge or decide something. |
| deviate |
to turn away from a direct course or one that has already been set. |
| ductile |
able to withstand stress without breaking, as in drawing out into wire or pounding thin. |
| epilogue |
a short concluding section to a literary work, often summarizing what later becomes of the characters. |
| grassroots |
originating with or operating among the common people. |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| permeate |
to pass or diffuse through; penetrate. |
| plausible |
seeming to be true or reasonable; credible. |
| resonance |
ability to make a strong or lasting effect, especially because of an emotional association. |
| stratum |
a level in a social hierarchy. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |