| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |