aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
avow |
to assert or affirm. |
brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
flak |
(informal) irritating opposition, criticism, or dissent. |
indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |