| aberrant |
straying from what is normal or usual; atypical; anomalous. |
| caucus |
a private meeting of leaders of a political party to choose candidates or determine policy, or such a group itself. |
| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| consort |
a wife or husband, especially of a royal personage. |
| culvert |
a man-made channel for drainage or the like that passes under a street or other thoroughfare. |
| demeanor |
the way in which one conducts oneself; deportment. |
| disperse |
to drive away in all directions; scatter. |
| indisposed |
slightly and temporarily ill, as with indigestion or a cold. |
| overture |
an opening move to begin something. |
| precedent |
an action that may serve as an example for future acts of the same nature. |
| protuberance |
that which projects; bulge or bump. |
| pummel |
to strike heavily with or as if with the fists, a sword, a club, or the like; beat. |
| shackle |
a metal band or one of a pair of metal rings used to bind the wrist or ankle of a prisoner or animal. |
| soliloquy |
an act of talking or a speech by one who is, or is considered to be, alone. |
| wean |
to cause to be free of a habit, activity, or the like, often by means of a distraction or substitute. |