| amalgam |
a mixture of diverse components. |
| auxiliary |
serving as an extra means of support; additional. |
| conjecture |
the making of a guess or inference, especially with little evidence. |
| credible |
believable or plausible. |
| didactic |
intended to educate or instruct, especially in moral values. |
| extant |
still in existence; current; not extinct, destroyed, or lost. |
| haggard |
having a very tired, worried, or wasted look. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| lobbyist |
one who attempts, on behalf of a special interest group, to influence the way legislators vote. |
| ludicrous |
worthy of mockery; laughable and ridiculous. |
| modulate |
to vary the loudness, pitch, intensity, or tone of; especially soften or tone down. |
| propaganda |
information or opinions that are made public to promote or attack a movement, cause, or person. |
| quibble |
an unimportant, petty, or trivial disagreement or objection. |
| torpid |
dormant or inactive, as in hibernation. |