| askew |
not straight; crooked. |
| compatriot |
a fellow citizen. |
| credible |
believable or plausible. |
| dehumanize |
to deprive of individuality, spirit, or other human qualities; render routine or mechanical. |
| edict |
an order or decree proclaimed by a ruler or other of high authority. |
| mannerism |
a distinctive and habitual behavioral characteristic. |
| morbid |
in an unhealthy, gloomy mental state; preoccupied with sickness, abnormality, or death. |
| multifaceted |
having several aspects or stages; complex or various. |
| nullify |
to cause to have no value or consequence. |
| prophetic |
foretelling or revealing the future. |
| pugnacious |
ready or eager to fight; overly aggressive or quarrelsome. |
| quizzical |
expressing doubt, confusion, or questioning; puzzled. |
| tenacity |
the quality or condition of holding on strongly or persistently to something. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |
| undercut |
to act so as to lessen the effectiveness or influence of; undermine or thwart. |