| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| demoralize |
to weaken or destroy the confidence, courage, spirit, or morale of. |
| didactic |
intended to educate or instruct, especially in moral values. |
| disavow |
to deny having (knowledge, intention, or the like). |
| embellishment |
a beautifying decoration or addition. |
| facilitate |
to make less difficult; help in the doing of. |
| fervid |
heated or impassioned; intensely enthusiastic. |
| inoffensive |
having no insulting or harmful qualities; innocuous. |
| pallor |
unnatural lack of color, especially of the face. |
| preposterous |
totally unlikely, unbelievable, or senseless; absurd. |
| pseudonym |
a false name adopted by someone, especially an author, to conceal his or her identity; pen name. |
| sophistry |
a subtle, deceptive method of reasoning or arguing, involving statements that sound plausible but are actually false or fallacious. |
| undaunted |
not discouraged; not giving up even though something is difficult or frightening. |
| ungovernable |
unable to be governed, ordered, or controlled; uncontrollable. |
| untested |
not having been tried or used in a way that would prove or disprove effectiveness or validity. |