| accountability |
the state or quality of being responsible for providing an explanation or justification. |
| admonish |
to warn or caution. |
| condescend |
to act as if one were of superior rank or station, treating others as inferior; patronize. |
| defray |
to pay or assist in the payment of (costs or the like). |
| detonate |
to explode or cause to explode. |
| dulcet |
pleasing to the ear; melodious. |
| embellishment |
a beautifying decoration or addition. |
| exhaustive |
thorough and all-encompassing. |
| idealism |
the pursuit of or belief in noble ideals, principles, and values. |
| impassive |
not having, showing, or responding to emotion; unfeeling, expressionless, or insensitive. |
| irascible |
easily angered or irritated; short-tempered. |
| limpid |
perfectly clear; transparent. |
| myriad |
of or constituting a great but unspecified number; numberless. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| tout |
to publicize flatteringly and boastfully. |