| commentary |
a series of explanatory or interpretive remarks or comments. |
| commodity |
something that can be bought and sold. |
| crux |
an essential, basic, crucial, or pivotal point. |
| depravity |
moral corruption; wickedness. |
| ennui |
a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction, especially with all aspects of life. |
| finite |
limited in number, quantity, or duration; capable of being measured. (Cf. infinite.) |
| guile |
deceitfulness, treachery, or skillful cunning; wiliness. |
| insubstantial |
lacking firmness or solidity; slight. |
| mutable |
able or likely to change. |
| obliterate |
to erase or make unrecognizable by erasing. |
| obscene |
offensive and not decent. |
| precept |
a basic rule, principle, or directive that guides action, moral conduct, or thought. |
| spellbind |
to hold fascinated, as by magicl; enchant. |
| stipend |
any periodic payment of money, such as a salary or allowance. |
| uncharted |
not recorded on any map; unexplored or unknown, as some geographical area or field of research. |