| acumen |
superior insight; quickness and shrewdness of judgment, especially in practical matters. |
| aperture |
a narrow opening. |
| crux |
an essential, basic, crucial, or pivotal point. |
| defray |
to pay or assist in the payment of (costs or the like). |
| impart |
to give all or a part of; bestow or transmit. |
| incongruous |
not suitable or fitting; out of place. |
| indecisive |
not definite or conclusive. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| kinetic |
of, concerning, or caused by motion. |
| permeable |
of a substance, being such that gas or liquid can penetrate or diffuse through it. |
| peruse |
to read or examine attentively and in detail. |
| resurgent |
surging or rising once again; coming back. |
| synthesis |
the combining of discrete elements into a unified compound or entity, or the unified whole formed by such a combining. |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; naive; provincial. |
| wasteland |
land where there are no living things or where nothing will grow. |