| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| alluvium |
sand, soil, gravel, or the like deposited by moving water, as along a river bed. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| risible |
provoking laughter; laughable or funny. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |