| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |