| agnostic |
one who believes it is impossible to know anything about the existence or nonexistence of God or about the essential nature of things beyond the material universe. |
| conservationist |
a person who promotes and encourages preservation, especially of natural resources. |
| consonance |
agreement, correspondence, or harmony. |
| dogmatist |
one who asserts opinions or beliefs as though they were facts. |
| excoriate |
to denounce or criticize severely. |
| foray |
a quick raid or sudden advance, usually military and often to take forage or plunder. |
| fraught |
accompanied by; full of, usually something bad or unpleasant. |
| garner |
to accumulate, acquire, or receive in abundance. |
| inconsistency |
an instance of contradiction or illogic. |
| interplay |
the action or influence of two or more things on each other; reciprocal effect. |
| peevish |
irritable or easily annoyed; ill-tempered. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| ravenous |
very hungry; starved. |
| uniformity |
the state or quality of being uniform; overall sameness. |
| zealot |
a person who is excessively and often intolerantly enthusiastic, especially about a cause or religious faith; fanatic. |