marked by a tendency to find and call attention to errors and flaws | manifesting or characteristic of life |
characterized by careful evaluation and judgment | full of spirit; full of life |
being in or verging on a state of crisis or emergency | performing an essential function in the living body |
at or of a point at which a property or phenomenon suffers an abrupt change especially having enough mass to sustain a chain reaction | urgently needed; absolutely necessary |
of or involving or characteristic of critics or criticism | |
forming or having the nature of a turning point or crisis | |
urgently needed; absolutely necessary | |