| advantageous |
giving a benefit or advantage; helpful; useful. |
| audit |
an often official examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy, or the report of such an examination. |
| burlesque |
a book, play, skit, or the like that mocks something by comically treating it with inappropriate seriousness or levity. |
| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| covet |
to wish to have very much; envy. |
| emend |
to correct or improve (written text), especially by removing errors; edit. |
| facile |
acting or working in an easy, effortless manner. |
| integral |
being an essential part of the whole. |
| intractable |
not easily controlled, managed, or persuaded. |
| pertinent |
having to do with or connected to a subject; relevant. |
| precedent |
an action that may serve as an example for future acts of the same nature. |
| quandary |
a situation of uncertainty, puzzlement, or hesitation; dilemma. |
| rabid |
extreme in opinion or action; fanatical. |
| reciprocity |
a mutual interchange of privileges or favors between two nations, groups, or institutions. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |