| accountability |
the state or quality of being responsible for providing an explanation or justification. |
| ambivalence |
the presence of conflicting feelings, such as love and hate, toward a person, thing, or situation. |
| chauvinist |
one who has a biased belief in the superiority of one's own sex over the other. |
| dignitary |
one who holds a high office or rank. |
| elongate |
to make longer; lengthen. |
| financier |
a person skilled in or occupied in financial operations, usually on a large scale. |
| indict |
to formally accuse (someone) of a crime in a court of law after studying evidence. |
| irreparable |
impossible to repair, restore, or rectify. |
| kinetic |
of, concerning, or caused by motion. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| resurrection |
a return to life after death. |
| sycophant |
one that flatters and fawns over superiors in order to get favors or advance his or her position; toady. |
| titanic |
having enormous size, strength, or power; colossal; huge. |
| ungovernable |
unable to be governed, ordered, or controlled; uncontrollable. |
| unspoken |
assumed without being expressed or spoken; implied. |