| accountability |
the state or quality of being responsible for providing an explanation or justification. |
| affix |
to attach or join physically (usually used with "to"). |
| antecedent |
an event, circumstance, or thing coming before another. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| convergent |
tending to move toward a common point or intersection. |
| courier |
someone who delivers messages, packages, and the like, especially for a government, military organization, or business. |
| ethereal |
highly refined; unworldly. |
| exhume |
to dig out, especially from a grave; disinter. |
| indecisive |
not definite or conclusive. |
| malediction |
the expression of a wish that evil or harm come to someone; curse. |
| namesake |
one who has been named after another. |
| palpable |
easy to sense or perceive; obvious. |
| pessimist |
one who usually expects a bad outcome. |
| retentive |
having the ability to remember. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |