retaliate: make an attack or assault in return for a similar attack.
elaborate: (adj.) involving many carefully arranged parts or details; detailed and complicated in design and planning. (verb) develop or present (a theory, policy, or system) in detail.
mitigation: the action of reducing the severity, seriousness, or painfulness of something.
syllogism: an instance of a form of reasoning in which a conclusion is drawn (whether validly or not) from two given or assumed propositions (premises), each of which shares a term with the conclusion, and shares a common or middle term not present in the conclusion.
degenerate: lacking some property, order, or distinctness of structure previously or usually present.
rampant: (especially of something unwelcome or unpleasant) flourishing or spreading unchecked.
ramification: a consequence of an action or event, especially when complex or unwelcome; (formal, technical) the action or state of ramifying or being ramified.
discipline: (noun) 1) the practice of training people to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience. 2) a branch of knowledge, typically one studied in higher education. (verb) train (someone) to obey rules or a code of behavior, using punishment to correct disobedience.
exemplar: a person or thing serving as a typical example or excellent model.
prescriptive: relating to the imposition or enforcement of a rule or method;
(of a right, title, or institution) having become legally established or accepted by long usage or the passage of time.
prominent: 1) important; famous. 2) projecting from something; protuberant.
abundance: a very large quantity of something; generous or more than adequate in quantity
nominalization: the use of a word which is not a noun as a noun, with or without morphological transformation.
enliven: make (something) more entertaining, interesting, or appealing; make (someone) more cheerful or animated.
medicinal: (of a substance or plant) having healing properties.
adolescent: (of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult; relating to or characteristic of adolescence.
osmosis: A process by which molecules of a solvent tend to pass through a semipermeable membrane from a less concentrated solution into a more concentrated one, thus equalizing the concentrations on each side of the membrane.
know the ropes: Understand how to do something; have experience of the appropriate procedures