| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| humanism |
a doctrine or mode of thought that gives highest importance to human dignity, values, potentials, and achievements. |
| incredulous |
not able to believe something. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |