| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| compulsion |
coercion or constraint; act of using force to bring about another's action. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| criminality |
the condition or fact of being against the law; illegality. |
| cumulative |
becoming larger or greater by means of gradual addition. |
| gallantry |
admirable courage. |
| heresy |
a religious belief or doctrine not in keeping with the established doctrine of a church, especially the rejection of or dissent from any aspect of Roman Catholic Church dogma by a baptized church member. |
| opulence |
the condition of being luxuriant and costly. |
| quandary |
a situation of uncertainty, puzzlement, or hesitation; dilemma. |
| quiescent |
in a state of inaction or rest; dormant. |
| retard |
to cause (growth, development, or the like) to be slow or incomplete; stunt. |
| rostrum |
a raised platform or dais for public speaking. |
| sophistry |
a subtle, deceptive method of reasoning or arguing, involving statements that sound plausible but are actually false or fallacious. |
| wily |
cleverly deceitful; tricky; cunning. |
| witticism |
a clever, often perceptive joke, insult, or saying. |