| affluence |
material wealth. |
| amalgamation |
the act, process, or result of combining two or more, often disparate, things. |
| burlesque |
a book, play, skit, or the like that mocks something by comically treating it with inappropriate seriousness or levity. |
| discontinuous |
interrupted or intermittent; not without pause or break. |
| encumber |
to hinder the normal progress, performance, or use of. |
| infectious |
able to be given to others by infection. |
| inoffensive |
having no insulting or harmful qualities; innocuous. |
| irascible |
easily angered or irritated; short-tempered. |
| maternal |
of, having to do with, or like a mother. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| preemptive |
of or relating to a strike or attack such as a bid in bridge or a military attack, made in anticipation of or to prevent an opposing strike. |
| resuscitate |
to bring back to life or consciousness; revive. |
| reverential |
characterized by a great respect and awe, mingled with love. |
| singular |
extraordinary or exceptional. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |