| acumen |
superior insight; quickness and shrewdness of judgment, especially in practical matters. |
| audit |
an often official examination of records or financial accounts to check their accuracy, or the report of such an examination. |
| conservationist |
a person who promotes and encourages preservation, especially of natural resources. |
| debase |
to reduce in value, quality, esteem, or character. |
| decimation |
the act of destroying a large part or number of something. |
| illicit |
not permitted by custom or law; illegitimate. |
| impassable |
impossible to go past, through, over, or around. |
| impending |
about to occur or appear. |
| inveterate |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like. |
| monolithic |
large, unyielding, and without diversity. |
| personify |
to be a perfect or typical example of; embody. |
| raucous |
loud, sharp, and rasping, as, at times, a bird's call or a human's voice or laugh. |
| sensual |
related to or providing pleasure from the ways humans perceive stimuli, such as through touch, taste, or smell. |
| stratum |
a level in a social hierarchy. |
| unintelligible |
not able to be understood, as spoken or written language. |