| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| conscription |
compulsory enrollment in military service. |
| curvature |
the condition of being bent or rounded. |
| defunct |
no longer in existence or use; dead; extinct. |
| embellish |
to improve by, or as though by, decorations; decorate. |
| inexplicable |
unable to be explained or interpreted. |
| intractable |
not easily controlled, managed, or persuaded. |
| maladjustment |
an inability to bring one's own needs into harmony with the demands of the external environment. |
| materialize |
to become fact; be realized. |
| maternity |
the state of being a mother; motherhood. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| redolent |
suggesting or recalling (usually followed by "of"). |
| rue1 |
to regret, repent of, or feel sorry about. |
| troublesome |
causing anxiety, worry, or bother. |
| turpitude |
moral baseness; depravity. |