| 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. |
| axiom |
an obvious or generally accepted principle. |
| compassion |
a feeling of sharing another's suffering that leads to a desire to help. |
| conscript |
a military recruit summoned by draft; draftee. |
| eventuality |
something that might happen; contingent occurrence. |
| grandiloquence |
speech that is pretentious, pompous, or excessively mannered. |
| hiatus |
a gap or break in activity, time, or space; interruption. |
| instigate |
to purposely agitate or incite; provoke; foment. |
| mediocre |
of average to poor quality; ordinary. |
| panacea |
a remedy or solution for all diseases, ills, or difficulties; cure-all. |
| plebeian |
in ancient Roman society, of or belonging to the class of commoners; not patrician. |
| synchronize |
to cause to occur, move, or operate at the same time or rate. |
| totality |
the state or quality of being total. |
| verity |
the quality or condition of being true or real. |
| verve |
energetic enthusiasm; liveliness. |