verb
to exploit weaknesses of others
pander
to make better; to improve
ameliorate
useless; futile
otiose
wasteful and immoral
profligate
roughness or harshness; severity
asperity
to disapprove angrily; to protest
inveigh
childish; juvenile
puerile
rejection, refusal to acknowledge
renunciation
to assign great social importance to
lionize
dependent on luck or chance
aleatory
an explanation of a text; a critical interpretation
exegesis
to relieve; to alleviate
allay
unquestionable; beyond
unimpeachable
to corrupt morally; to contaminate
vitiate
stubbornly resistant; showing opposition
recalcitrant