| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |