accord
An agreement reached between two or more parties.
scrutiny
An analytical inspection of something.
mandatory
Something that is required by law, code or rules.
flaunt
An overdone public display intended to impress someone.
obnoxious
Insufferably detestable; repugnant and loathsome behavior.
distort
To mispresent or falsify either the appearance or the reality of a thing.
enhance
To intensify the worth or measure of something.
constant
Persistent and unceasing; always reliable due to the unlikely possibility of change.
assess
Evaluation based on analysis of existing data.
coerce
Convincing a person or persons to do something through physical, emotional or mental intimidation.
dehydrated
Suffering from a lack of moisture sufficient for good health or survival.
profound
Deeply, intensely overpowering; of greater than usual insight.
postmodern
An aesthetic follow-up to the literary concept of Modernism; applied to any of the arts from literature to architecture, postmodern defines the end result as reflecting the fragmented nature of reality and the rejection of any absolute truths in favor of perceptual interpretation.
assimilation
Enforced or coerced conformity.
pedantry
A literalist focus on issues that reveals a lack of imagination and creative insight.
scour
To conduct a far-ranging search.
quarry
A pit from which raw material is excavated or mined.
delirium
A state characertized by feverish hallucinations.
besotted
Smitten; infatuated.
maimed
Mutilated or disfigured; physically defaced.
