| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| allusion |
an indirect reference to or mention of something. |
| fatuous |
smugly foolish or stupid. |
| inquisition |
an official inquiry, especially for the purpose of enforcing political, social, or religious conformity. |
| laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
| moderation |
the avoidance of excesses or extremes, especially in behavior. |
| rejoinder |
a response to a reply; retort. |
| repugnant |
extremely distasteful to one's senses or principles; disgusting. |
| ricochet |
to bounce or skip off a surface at an angle; rebound. |
| rudimentary |
of or pertaining to the basic or first principles; elementary. |
| stint |
to refrain from spending; to be sparing or frugal. |
| sublime |
exalted or noble; lofty. |
| titular |
having a title but none of the power or responsibility related to it; nominal. |
| trajectory |
the actual or expected path of a moving object, especially the curve followed by a projectile, missile, or spacecraft in flight. |
| unrelenting |
continuing with the same intensity, force, speed, or the like; not decreasing or weakening. |