| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| garrulous |
given to talking excessively. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| phlegmatic |
not given to shows of emotion or interest; slow to excite. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |