| aloft |
high above the ground. |
| contrive |
to plan in a clever way; invent. |
| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usually by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| entail |
to call for or bring about as a necessary accompaniment; necessarily involve. |
| fastidious |
exceedingly particular or demanding especially in matters of detail; exacting. |
| finicky |
exceptionally fussy or hard to satisfy. |
| forage |
food for animals such as horses or cattle. |
| infectious |
able to be given to others by infection. |
| invective |
strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. |
| meander |
to wind back and forth. |
| mutation |
a sudden, apparently abnormal change or alteration in a genetically determined structure, as opposed to gradual evolutionary change. |
| patina |
a greenish, brownish, or reddish crust or film produced by oxidation on the surface of old metals such as bronze and copper. |
| profundity |
that which involves great insight or intellectual depth. |
| reaffirm |
to verify by asserting again. |
| schism |
a division into factions with opposing beliefs, especially in a Christian church. |