| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| combatant |
someone or something that engages in fighting, especially as part of warfare. |
| distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
| exigency |
a condition of urgency. |
| hysteria |
in an individual or group, an uncontrollable outburst of fear or other emotions, producing fits of weeping, laughter, irrational behavior, or the like. |
| levity |
a lack of seriousness; light, humorous, or foolish behavior or attitude. |
| mainstay |
the main support of something. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| nascent |
coming into being or starting to develop. |
| orientation |
the act or process of preparing oneself or others for a new situation. |
| pall1 |
an atmosphere of gloom or despair. |
| revelry |
noisy merrymaking. |
| stagnate |
to be or become motionless, fouled, or lacking in energy, originality, or development. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |
| vanquish |
to subdue or defeat by or as if by greater force; conquer; overcome. |