| Term | Definition |
| impartial | free from undue bias or preconceived opinions |
| subtle | faint and difficult to analyze |
| discriminate | recognize or perceive the difference |
| abstract | thought of apart from concrete realities, specific objects, or actual instances |
| valid | well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or prevented |
| didactic | intended for instruction; instructive |
| dispassionate | unaffected by strong emotion or prejudice |
| fervor | feelings of great warmth and intensity |
| vacillate | move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern |
| redundant | repetition of same sense in different words |
| infamous | having an exceedingly bad reputation |
| exhaustive | very thorough |
| ab- | Away from |
| auto- | Self; same |
| cent- | a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit |
| -wise | In a specified manner, direction, or position |
| -ist | One that performs a specified action |