| bigot |
one who is prejudiced against and intolerant of any group or belief that is not his or her own, especially religious, racial, or ethnic. |
| bilk |
to defraud or swindle, especially by avoiding due or promised payment. |
| decelerate |
to lower the speed of; decrease in velocity; slow down. |
| disuse |
the state or condition of not being used or practiced any longer. |
| erudition |
a high level of scholarly knowledge; learnedness. |
| figment |
something imaginary or invented. |
| 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. |
| insular |
closed to new ideas; narrow-minded. |
| inviolable |
absolutely not to be breached, dishonored or profaned. |
| pristine |
pure, fresh, or clean as new; unspoiled or unsullied. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| substantive |
of or pertaining to the fundamental nature or concerns of something; essential. |
| unobservable |
not able to be seen; not detectable. |
| unyielding |
hard; firm; resistant to pressure or force. |
| vestige |
a visible trace or sign of something no longer present or existing. |