| audit |
an often official examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy, or the report of such an examination. |
| epitaph |
on a gravestone or tomb, an inscription commemorating the dead person. |
| 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. |
| humility |
the quality or state of being humble; modesty about one's status or accomplishments. |
| ineffectual |
incapable of acting effectively. |
| irrefutable |
impossible to disprove; indisputable. |
| monologue |
a long speech or reading given by a single speaker. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| scourge |
someone or something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering or destruction. |
| secrete |
to produce a fluid or other substance and release it into or out of the body. |
| stalemate |
any situation in which a further action, offer, or the like is impossible or unlikely; deadlock. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |
| undaunted |
not discouraged; not giving up even though something is difficult or frightening. |
| vie |
to compete with another for victory, superiority, or the like (usually followed by "for"). |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |