| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |