| adversary |
a person, group, or thing that is against another; opponent; enemy. |
| consolidate |
to join together into a whole; combine. |
| counterfeiter |
one who makes fraudulent imitations or copies, especially of money. |
| equable |
not varying extremely or suddenly; uniform; stable. |
| fodder |
feed for farm animals, such as stalks of corn cut and mixed with hay. |
| mediocre |
of average to poor quality; ordinary. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| oracular |
of, like, pertaining to, of having the nature of divine wisdom; prophetic; wise. |
| pedantry |
the act or practice, or an instance, of flaunting one's learnedness or of being overly insistent on scholarly formalities or details. |
| peruse |
to read or examine attentively and in detail. |
| recumbent |
lying down; reclining. |
| resurgent |
surging or rising once again; coming back. |
| scavenger |
an animal that finds and eats dead animals or rotting plants; a person who finds things that others no longer want. |
| surrogate |
acting as, or considered to be, a substitute or replacement. |
| usurp |
to take and hold (a right, position, office, or the like) illegally, wrongfully, or by force. |