Accoutrement
-an identifying and often superficial characteristic or device
Accretion
the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup
Barrage
-a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once
Bastion
a fortified area or position
Congeal
-to change from a fluid to a solid state; to make viscid or curdled
Conscript
-to enroll into service by compulsion
Discursiveness
-moving from topic to topic without order
Disenfranchise
-to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
Expediency
-a means of achieving a particular end
Expiate
-to extinguish the guilt incurred by or make amends for
Explicate
-to develop the implications of; analyze logically
Heterodox
-holding unorthodox opinions or doctrines
Hidebound
-having an inflexible or ultraconservative character
Irrefragable
impossible to refute, break, or alter
Irreproachable
-blameless, impeccable
Misogynist
-one who hates women
Perceptive
-characterized by sympathetic understanding or insight
Quantify
-to determine, express, or measure the quantity of
Quantitative
- of, relating to, or involving the measurement of quantity or amount
Torpor
-a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility