| accountability |
the state or quality of being responsible for providing an explanation or justification. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| duplicity |
deceitful speech or action. |
| faction |
a group or party within, and often at odds with, a larger organization. |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. |
| insidious |
dangerous through cunning, subtlety, and underhandedness. |
| mendacity |
a tendency to lie; untruthfulness. |
| motley |
made up of a contrasting variety of types, appearances, or the like; very heterogeneous. |
| myopia |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. |
| notoriety |
the condition or quality of being widely known or spoken of, especially for something that is not good. |
| projectile |
any object that is thrown, fired, or shot by an outside force or weapon. |
| pursuant |
following on or proceeding from (usually followed by "to"). |
| rancor |
bitter, continuing resentment; hatred. |
| scathing |
harshly condemning; brutal. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |