| amalgam |
a mixture of diverse components. |
| amorphous |
lacking definite form, shape, or character. |
| anathema |
something or someone despised or cursed. |
| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| climactic |
pertaining to, reaching, or being the point of highest interest or intensity in a series of increasingly important points or events. |
| communicable |
capable of being spread or passed on; contagious. |
| entourage |
a group of people who accompany another person as attendants or associates; retinue. |
| exigency |
a condition of urgency. |
| girth |
the length around something. |
| piquant |
of food, having a deliciously sharp or spicy taste. |
| proletariat |
the working class, especially those who lack capital and must sell their usually unskilled labor in order to survive. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| swathe |
to wrap up, enfold, or bind, especially with a wrapping material or bands. |
| tangent |
a line of discussion leading away from the original topic; digression. |
| uncharted |
not recorded on any map; unexplored or unknown, as some geographical area or field of research. |