| acrid |
bitter in taste or smell; sharply irritating. |
| charlatan |
one who deceitfully claims to possess a particular skill or expertise; fraud; quack. |
| collusion |
action undertaken in secret partnership or collaboration, usually for illicit purposes. |
| conspirator |
a person who is involved in a plot with others to perform or a criminal or wrongful act. |
| equity |
the quality of being fair and reasonable; fairness. |
| inquisition |
an official inquiry, especially for the purpose of enforcing political, social, or religious conformity. |
| interrelate |
to place in or come into a shared, mutual, or reciprocal relationship. |
| linear |
having to do with a line; straight. |
| melodrama |
behavior or events, in reality or fiction, with similarly exaggerated features or effects. |
| misconception |
an error in understanding; wrong notion or idea. |
| penance |
an act of punishment or self-discipline voluntarily undergone to show regret at having done something wrong. |
| plight1 |
a state or situation, especially an unhappy or unlucky one; predicament. |
| repress |
to restrain or prevent the expression of (feelings, utterances, or the like). |
| sacrosanct |
so important or revered as to be beyond any alteration or criticism. |
| tenet |
any belief, opinion, doctrine, or the like, that a person or especially an organization holds as being true. |