Debates

 Pol·ly·an·na/ish - A person regarded as being foolishly or blindly optimistic.

I'm astounded

Need to have dispassionate discussions

Sanctimonious

Abhorrent

Assuming you don't have scrupules about it

On the side of angels

Betrayal bias: hate betrayal, ie airbag... Supposed to keep safe so mad when they kill us

Bulwark - defensive wall

In this sphere

How it lands

Rubric

Distress

Quarrel

Pecuniary (adj) - of or pertaining to money

Cull (v) - select from a large quantity

Delude (v) - to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive.

Veneer (n) - thin decorative layer of fine wood applied to more coarse wood

Quintessence (n) - The purest or most typical instance

Tantamount (adj) -     Equivalent in effect or value: a request tantamount to a demand.

Fallacious (adj) - Containing or based on a fallacy: a fallacious assumption.

Audacious - recklessly bold in defiance of convention; recklessly brave; extremely original; uninhibited
Debacle (n) - a general breakup or dispersion; sudden downfall or rout;collapse or failure.

Mitigate (v) - to make less severe

Obtuse (adj) - not quick or alert in perception; feeling or intellect; not sensitive or observant; lacks sensibility/intellect
Subvert (v) - undermine the principles of
Placate (v) - to appease or pacify, esp. by concessions or conciliatory gestures: to placate an outraged citizenry.

Epithet (n) - word or phrase applied to a person or thing to describe an actual or attributed quality: "Richard the Lion-Hearted" is an epithet of Richard I.

Conflate (v) - combine (two or more texts, ideas, etc.) into one.

Reciprocity (n) - a reciprocal state
Intermediary (n) - a go-between mediator
upheavel (n) - a violent or sudden change or disruption to something.

stifle (v) - To interrupt or cut off; To keep in or hold back; repress: stifled my indignation.

Besmirch (v) - Damage the reputation of (someone or something)
Nefarious (adj) - extremely wicked or villainous

drivel (n) - childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking; nonsense

Terse (adj) – brief and to the point

Rife (adj) - common occurance; widespread

insufferable (adj) - too extreme to bear; intolerable.

Armistice (n) - agreement made by opposing sides in a war to stop fighting for certain time

Commensurate (adj) - corresponding with size/degree

Commendation (n) - Praise

seminal (adj) - Highly influential in an original way; constituting or providing a basis for further development: a seminal idea in the creation of a new theory
Atrophy (v) - waste away , typically because of degradation of cells
Pejorative (adj) - having a disparaging, derogatory, or belittling effect

Arcane (adj) - Known or understood by only a few: arcane economic theories
Irreverent (adj) - showing a lack of respect for people or things that are generally taken seriously
Ostentatious (adj) - characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.
Lurid (adj) - Causing shock or horror; gruesome.
Acute (adj) - severe or intense degree (of bad situation)
Innocuous (adj) - not harmful or injurious; harmless: an innocuous home remedy.
Posterity (n) - all future generation of people (i.e. names were recorded for posterity)

Conjecture (n) - Inference or judgment based on inconclusive or incomplete evidence; guesswork
Incendiary (adj) - tending to arouse strife, sedition, etc.; inflammatory

Non sequitur (n) - logic; an inference or a conclusion that does not follow from the premises; statement w/illiogical conclusion

Derivative (adj) - Copied or adapted from others

Sardonic (adj) grimly mocking/cynical; ridicule
Esoteric (adj) - understood by or meant for only the select few who have special knowledge or interest

Cabal (n) - a small group of secret plotters, as against a government or person in authority
Ubiquitous (adj) - existing or being everywhere, esp. at the same time; omnipresent
Mercurial (adj) - changable; volitile; fickle; flighty; animated; lively
Disingenuous (adj) - not straightforward; insincere; pretending to be unaware/uninformed
Futility (adj) - the quality of being futile; ineffectiveness; uselessness
Devil-may-care (adj) - reckless; careless; rollicking. 
Laissez-faire (adj) - "let it be", or "leave it alone."; in economics describes an environment in which transactions between private parties are free from state intervention, including restrictive regulations, taxes, tariffs.
Stifle (v) - to suppress, curb, or withhold

Rescind (v) - to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal, invalidate
Austerity (n) - severity of manner, life, etc.; sternness; strict economy
Expunge (v) - to strike or blot out; erase; obliterate.

Preclude (v) - to prevent the presence, existence, or occurrence of; make impossible
Unsettling (adj) - unfixed or disordered
Perplexing (adj) - to cause to be puzzled or bewildered
Refrain (v) - to abstain from an impulse to say or do something
Superlative (adj) - , pertaining to, or noting the highest degree of the comparison of adjectives and adverbs, as smallest, best,  and most

Broody (adj) - thoughtful and unhappy. "his broody concern for the future"

Sanguine (adj) optimistic or positive, especially in an apparently bad or difficult situation

Auspicious (adj) conducive to success; favorable. ("it was not the most auspicious moment to hold an election")

Deference (n) - humble submission and respect. "he addressed her with the deference due to age"

Cursory (adj) hasty and therefore not thorough or detailed 

"a cursory glance at the figures"