| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| hackneyed |
made trite or commonplace by overuse, as an expression or phrase. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |