| acumen |
superior insight; quickness and shrewdness of judgment, especially in practical matters. |
| allay |
to quiet or lay to rest (fears, doubts, and the like). |
| detachment |
a feeling or condition of being impartial or uninvolved. |
| evenhanded |
fair and impartial in the treatment of others; equitable. |
| laxity |
the state or quality of being careless or slack; looseness. |
| myopic |
unable to see objects clearly from a distance; nearsighted. |
| paucity |
smallness of number or amount; scarcity. |
| reorganize |
to reestablish or arrange anew. |
| scourge |
someone or something that inflicts punishment or causes suffering or destruction. |
| surmount |
to get over or past; overcome; conquer. |
| tithe |
an amount of money, produce, or goods equal in value to a tenth of one's income, given or paid as a contribution or tax, especially to a church. |
| underscore |
to emphasize by, or as if by, drawing a line beneath. |
| undulate |
to move in waves or a wavelike motion. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |
| vestige |
a visible trace or sign of something no longer present or existing. |