| ascendant |
moving upward; rising. |
| bereavement |
the condition or fact of being deprived of something or someone, especially by the death of a loved one. |
| capricious |
tending to act on impulse; subject to whim; erratic and unpredictable. |
| circuitous |
having or taking a long and winding course or procedure; roundabout; indirect. |
| disaffect |
to cause to lose affection for, loyalty to, or contentment in an idea, a person, or an organization such as a government; alienate. |
| gawk |
to look at someone or something fixedly and somewhat dopily; gape. |
| misdemeanor |
in law, a class of illegal act that is less serious than a felony and carries a lighter sentence; minor offense. |
| momentous |
very important. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| obsequious |
showing or tending to show servile obedience or deference; fawning. |
| piteous |
worthy of or inspiring great sympathy. |
| problematic |
presenting difficulties or causing doubt; questionable. |
| profess |
to claim or state as true. |
| renounce |
to give up (a right or claim) usually by formal declaration or announcement; waive. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |