hortatory
Having the effect of inciting emotions in another.
rhetorician
One who excels in argumentative debate or persuasive speaking.
capricious
Given to engaging in mercurial impulse.
faculty
A personality trait which is often viewed as an innate talent or aptitude.
disparagement
An act which has the effect of belittling, humiliating, denigrating or mocking a person or thing.
monograph
A highly analytical and usually little-read analytical paper on a single subject of scientific interest.
avidity
A show of eager and passionate interest.
rivulet
A minor stream or brook.
incalculable
Endowed with an extreme difficulty of being figured out or understood.
contemned
Having been scorned or treated contemptuously.
reprobate
A wicked and perverse degenerate.
desultorily
Done in a haphazard and erratic fashion.
tremulously
Acted out with timidity and fear.
vouchsafe
To honor with a seal of approval in a condescending and ironic manner.
effrontery
A shameless display of arrogant impertinence
palpitating
Pulsating like a heartbeat.
banality
Excessively common and cliched.
aestheticism
A belief that holds the beauty of artistic expression as the ultimate ideal.
vagaries
Whimsically peculiar causes and effects.
irrevocable
Involving something which cannot be overturned or reversed
