| anomaly |
an act or instance of differing from the usual pattern, form, or type; peculiarity; abnormality. |
| astride |
over or upon and with a leg on each side of. |
| conqueror |
one who defeats another. |
| countenance |
facial expression or general appearance. |
| dynamics |
(used with a plural verb) the driving forces at work in any given system or situation. |
| fluster |
to cause to become nervous, confused, or upset. |
| increasingly |
more and more; to a greater and greater degree. |
| lapse |
a slight failure to meet some accepted standard. |
| martyr |
a person who suffers or is killed for defending some belief or cause. |
| meditate |
to think calmly, deeply, and at length (sometimes followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| practitioner |
a person working in a trade, occupation, or profession. |
| proclaim |
to say or state for the public to know. |
| procurement |
the act or process of obtaining something with deliberate effort or care. |
| specific |
pertaining to a particular thing or person and to nothing else of the same kind; particular. |
| vague |
just barely visible or able to be perceived. |