| degeneration |
the process of decline or decay. |
| dissolution |
the annulment or severance of a bond or tie, especially a formal or contractual connection. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| euphemism |
the word or expression so substituted. |
| fodder |
feed for farm animals, such as stalks of corn cut and mixed with hay. |
| gratify |
to please; satisfy. |
| incognito |
in disguise; under a false identity. |
| infamy |
evil or shameful reputation. |
| infinitesimal |
of a thing or quantity, too small to be measured or calculated. |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| propound |
to propose or set forth for consideration. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| renounce |
to give up (a right or claim) usually by formal declaration or announcement; waive. |
| sagacity |
the quality of having keen judgment and common sense; wisdom. |
| surmise |
to infer without certain knowledge; suppose; guess. |