| askew |
not straight; crooked. |
| autopsy |
a medical examination of a dead body to find the cause of death. |
| celestial |
of or having to do with the sky or outer space. |
| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| degeneration |
the process of decline or decay. |
| fallible |
capable of making mistakes; liable to error. |
| illustrious |
highly renowned; celebrated; glorious. |
| inferiority |
the fact or condition of being lesser in quality, worth, importance, rank, or position. |
| nuance |
a subtle quality or difference in tone, meaning, color, or the like; shade. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| rile |
to make angry; irritate or annoy. |
| sheaf |
a bound bundle of cut grain. |
| sophomoric |
displaying intellectual pretentiousness or proud confidence about one's knowledge when actually poorly informed or immature. |
| timely |
happening at just the right moment. |