| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |