Illustrious adj well-know respected and admired for past achivements impregnable adj unable to enter or broken into peckish adj (informal) hungry wading in Phrasal verb plunge into or attack energetically amiss adj annoyed or offended ; incorrect or inappropriate millieu noun a person's social environment contemplated verb consider very carefully reprisal noun The act of retaliation vilified verb speak or write in an abusively disparagly manner insinuating adj provoking gradual doubt or suspicion dissent intr.v / n to differ in opinion/ difference of opinion or feeling societal adj of relating to structure, organization or functioning of society ocstracize tr.verb to exclude or banish someone from a group ambivalence noun the coexistence of opposing attitude or feelings transgress v.tr to go beyond boundary or to act in violation of law collegiality noun Shared power and authority vested among colleagues. complicit adj involved with others in an activity that is unlawful or morally wrong blight noun harm, spoil or destroy pervasive adj unwelcome influence or physical effect throughout an area or a group of people entrench verb establish so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely wanton adj deliberate and unprovoked ; sexually immodest; verb play ; behave in a sexually immodest or promiscious way farce noun foolish show; mockery will he wither or will he thrive opinionated adj holding something stubbornly and often unreasonably legislation noun laws vigilance noun action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger condescension noun an attitude of patrionizing superior afflict verb cause pain or trouble to; affect adversely idiosyncrasy noun a way of thought peculiar to an individual assert verb state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully anomaly noun something that deviates from what is standard, normal or expected stereotype noun a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or things innocuous adj not likely to bother or offend anyone guise noun a way of seeming that is not true insidious adj causing harm in a way that is gradual or not easily noticed propensity noun Strong natural tendency to do something nuanced noun subtle difference in or shade of meaning, expression, or sound monolithic noun huge , indivisible organization elusive adjective difficult to find, catch hegemony noun leadership or dominance especially by one group Pragmatic adj Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practica unwelcome influence or physical effect throughout an area or a group of people a widely held but fixed and oversimplified image or idea of a particular type of person or things