tier 2.4

approbation

approval or praise; official authorization; approval

benighted

in moral or intellectual darkness; unenlightened; ignorant

bourgeois

relating to the middle class; conventional or materialistic; middle-class

credo

a statement of beliefs or guiding principles; belief

empirical

based on observation or experience rather than theory; factual

eschew

to deliberately avoid or abstain from; avoid

expatiate

to speak or write at length or in detail; elaborate

iconoclast

one who attacks established beliefs or institutions; rebel

indigence

extreme poverty; destitution; poverty

laudable

deserving praise or commendation; praiseworthy

mandate

an authoritative command or instruction; the authority to carry out a policy; order

ostensible

stated or appearing to be true

recalcitrant

stubbornly resistant to authority or control; difficult to manage; stubborn

regurgitate

to throw up; to repeat information without understanding; spit up / repeat