| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| exigency |
a condition of urgency. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. |
| imbue |
to inspire or permeate, as with an idea or emotion; deeply influence. |
| liability |
the condition of or potential for being held responsible. |
| miasma |
a thick, obscuring vapor. |
| myopia |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. |
| myriad |
of or constituting a great but unspecified number; numberless. |
| perpendicular |
at a right angle to. |
| prescience |
knowledge of future occurrences; foreknowledge. |
| protocol |
the proper or agreed upon way of conducting oneself or of doing something. |
| rampant |
unrestrained or uncontrollable; unbridled. |
| resonance |
ability to make a strong or lasting effect, especially because of an emotional association. |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. |
| spellbind |
to hold fascinated, as by magicl; enchant. |