| accountability |
the state or quality of being responsible for providing an explanation or justification. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| gibe |
a mocking or derisive comment. |
| insubstantial |
lacking firmness or solidity; slight. |
| linear |
having to do with a line; straight. |
| lummox |
(informal) someone who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
| mediocre |
of average to poor quality; ordinary. |
| memoir |
an account of facts or events based primarily on the author's personal experience. |
| pallid |
pale or whitened; lacking color. |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| renovate |
to put in good condition by repairing, remodeling, or the like; refurbish. |
| revert |
to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development. |
| subsume |
to classify, consider, or include (an idea, proposition, or the like) in a more comprehensive or general category or principle. |
| tenure |
the period of holding or possessing something. |