| connive |
to join secretly in a plot; conspire. |
| culmination |
the highest point; zenith; climax. |
| execrable |
of very poor quality; extremely inferior. |
| exemplar |
one worthy to be imitated or studied; model. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| inimitable |
impossible to mimic or copy, because of uniqueness or superiority. |
| inquisition |
an official inquiry, especially for the purpose of enforcing political, social, or religious conformity. |
| militant |
aggressive or combative in attitude or actions, especially in defense of a cause. |
| minuscule |
so small as to be almost negligible; tiny. |
| parochial |
narrow or limited in scope or viewpoint; provincial. |
| possessive |
having a strong desire to own and keep things. |
| qualm |
a feeling of guilt or doubt. |
| satire |
a literary or dramatic work that ridicules or derides human vice or foolishness, usually through the use of parody or irony. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |