to lick	to taste with your tongue
wacko	a strange, eccentric person
premise	a statement/ the area of a company
livelihood	income
callous	hardened, cruelly insensitive
clout	power, influence
outrage	extreme anger (esp. public)
to foist sth upon sb	to force sb to accept sth
to evolve out of sth	to develop from sth naturally and gradually
to be endowed with sth	to be given naturally/ to give sb money or property
to be entitled to sth	to have the right to get sth
to vest sb with sth	to give sth as a firm, legal right
forbearance	tolerance
capacity	volume/ ability
to assert	to state clearly, to ensure
moron	a stupid person
to avail oneself of sth	to make use of sth
secular	not connected with sacred matters
rational	based on thinking, sensible, logical
to concede	to admit
to ponder	to muse
discursive	wandering from one point to another
to posit	to postulate/ to assume sth as a fact
to purvey	to supply, to provide ex. goods
to accord	to give/ to grant/ to agree
to redress	to compensate
to redress the balance	to make things equal again
humanely	kindly etc.