| anomalous |
differing from the norm, standard, or common type or rule; abnormal. |
| catharsis |
in psychotherapy, the bringing of repressed thoughts and feelings to consciousness in order to release emotional tension, or the release itself. |
| coda |
a passage that brings a musical composition to a conclusion. |
| detriment |
harm, injury, or loss. |
| incarnate |
having bodily form; personified. |
| intolerable |
too difficult or unpleasant to be near or to bear. |
| intolerant |
not able or not willing to accept different opinions, beliefs, customs, or people; not tolerant. |
| leaven |
to produce fermentation in (dough or batter), consequently causing the dough or batter to rise in the process of baking. |
| matriarch |
a woman who acts as head of a family, tribe, or other group of people. |
| pompous |
showing an exaggerated sense of own's own importance. |
| quibble |
an unimportant, petty, or trivial disagreement or objection. |
| sheaf |
a bound bundle of cut grain. |
| underrate |
to value or appreciate insufficiently; underestimate. |
| wayward |
difficult to control; willfully disobedient. |
| wreak |
to carry out or cause. |