| commentary |
a series of explanatory or interpretive remarks or comments. |
| crossbreed |
to cause (a hybrid organism) to be produced by mating two different varieties of the same species. |
| degeneration |
the process of decline or decay. |
| discordant |
in conflict or disagreement. |
| dissonant |
not in harmony or agreement; discordant. |
| impale |
to pierce and hold fast with a sharp-pointed instrument such as a spear. |
| mien |
one's manner or bearing. |
| opalescent |
exhibiting a spectrum of colors or changing colors; iridescent. |
| proclivity |
a natural tendency or inclination; propensity or predisposition. |
| quintessence |
that which most perfectly describes or typifies something; essence. |
| ramify |
to have or produce effects or consequences that make some original matter more complex. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| seedy |
unkempt or shabby. |
| sensual |
related to or providing pleasure from the ways humans perceive stimuli, such as through touch, taste, or smell. |
| spat1 |
a short, slight quarrel. |