| communicable |
capable of being spread or passed on; contagious. |
| evocative |
tending or able to call forth images, memories, feelings, and the like. |
| exigency |
a condition of urgency. |
| fodder |
feed for farm animals, such as stalks of corn cut and mixed with hay. |
| impede |
to slow or block the movement or progress of; hinder. |
| incur |
to become liable for or bring upon oneself (usually some unwanted or harmful consequence). |
| inimitable |
impossible to mimic or copy, because of uniqueness or superiority. |
| lummox |
(informal) someone who is especially clumsy, slow, and unintelligent. |
| nepotism |
favoritism shown to a near relative, as in preferential hiring or patronage. |
| parody |
a humorous imitation in print, music, or performance of a serious person, work of art, or publication. |
| pejorative |
acting or tending to create a negative impression; disparaging; demeaning. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| sacrilege |
the violation, profane treatment, or destruction of some place or thing that is considered to be holy. |
| uninitiated |
combined form of initiated. |
| usurp |
to take and hold (a right, position, office, or the like) illegally, wrongfully, or by force. |