| apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
| coherent |
lumping, holding, or sticking together. |
| devious |
not the straightest, most direct way; winding; roundabout. |
| flail |
to cause to move wildly. |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. |
| inordinate |
beyond the bounds of reason; excessive. |
| menagerie |
a collection of usually wild or exotic animals, or the place where they are exhibited. |
| paraphrase |
a restatement of a passage or text in somewhat different words so as to simplify, clarify, or amplify. |
| preclude |
to prevent from happening by means of prior action or previously established condition. |
| presumptive |
affording a reasonable basis for belief. |
| proclivity |
a natural tendency or inclination; propensity or predisposition. |
| resplendent |
full of splendor; radiant; shining. |
| suave |
polished and urbane. |
| 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. |
| volatility |
the quality or condition of being highly changeable or inconsistent. |