| avid |
having or showing great enthusiasm. |
| expulsion |
an act or instance of forcing out, or the state of being forced out. |
| fanfare |
a flourish of trumpets, used to mark an entrance or beginning. |
| increment |
a rise or addition in number or value, often small. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| infernal |
of or pertaining to hell or the world of the dead. |
| maniacal |
marked by wildness, craziness, and violence. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| parity |
equality in amount, status, strength, or the like. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| peevish |
irritable or easily annoyed; ill-tempered. |
| quiescent |
in a state of inaction or rest; dormant. |
| reassess |
to evaluate again. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| transcendent |
going beyond the ordinary; surpassing; extraordinary. |