| disputation |
the act or process of arguing or debating a topic. |
| electorate |
a body of those entitled to participate in an election; qualified voters, as a group. |
| grandiloquent |
speaking or expressed in a pretentious, pompous, or excessively ornate fashion. |
| invoice |
a detailed statement of goods sold or shipped or of services provided, including their prices or charges. |
| jubilation |
a feeling of great joy, pride, and happiness; exultation. |
| leer |
to give a sideways or nasty look or smile suggestive of malicious or sexual thoughts. |
| mendacious |
untruthful. |
| mercenary |
interested only in money and material gain. |
| mesmerize |
to induce a hypnotic trance in; hypnotize. |
| mores |
the behaviors and manners accepted and expected in a social group, embodying its fundamental moral standards. |
| piety |
worshipful devotion to and veneration of God or family. |
| rectitude |
moral or ethical propriety; uprightness. |
| stodgy |
lacking the ability or inclination to act informally or to find humor or enjoyment in things that others might; stuffy; prim. |
| synopsis |
a short statement giving an overview, the main principles, or the sequence of events of a narrative, argument, article, or the like; summary; abstract. |
| timely |
happening at just the right moment. |