- assailing: make a concerted or violent attack on
- concerted: jointly arranged, carried out; coordinated
- contempt: feeling that a person or thing is worthless
- dissemble: conceals one's true motives, feelings or beliefs
- inference: conclusion based on evidence and reasoning
- mellifluous: [of voice] sweet or musical; pleasant to hear
- metier: trade, occupation, profession
- presumptuous: failure to observe what's appropriate
- substantiate: provide evidence to support or prove the truth
- sumptuous: splendid and expensive looking
- syndicate: a group combined to promote common interests
- synthesis: combination of ideas to form a theory or system
- verb: expresses an action, states that something exists, or links the subject with a description
- vigilance: the state of keeping watch for possible danger or difficulties