aloof
Detached, reserved
anguish
agonizing physical or mental pain
autonomous
independent
bane
a source of harm
charlatan
a fake, a fraud, a cheat
clairvoyant
a person who uses intuition to see into the future
debunk
to put down by exposing false claims
denounce
to speak against
draconian
very strict laws and rules
evocation
an imaginative recreation
exhort
to strongly encourage
incoherent
lacking organization or lock
innocuous
harmless
irreverent
lacking proper respect, disrespectful
magnanimous
generous and forgiving
nebulous
vague, lacking a fully developed form
halcyon
idyllically calm and tranquil
ostracize
to deliberately exclude from a group
paradox
a seeming contradiction that expresses a truth
pompous
pretentious, filled with excessive self importance
prognosticator
a person who makes predictions based upon data
quixotic
foolishly impractical
recalcitrant/obdurate
very stubborn, defiant
rhetorician
an eloquent writer or speaker
zenith
an apex, the highest point