| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |