| adjoin |
to be next to; border on. |
| amalgamation |
the act, process, or result of combining two or more, often disparate, things. |
| clinch |
to make certain or final; settle. |
| imperceptible |
so gradual or subtle as to be unnoticed or unnoticeable. |
| invariable |
not subject to change; consistently the same. |
| irony |
a manner of using language so that it conveys a different or opposite meaning to that which is literally expressed in the words themselves. Irony is used in ordinary conversation and also as a literary technique, especially to express criticism or to produce humor or pathos. |
| magnitude |
size or extent. |
| menagerie |
a collection of usually wild or exotic animals, or the place where they are exhibited. |
| momentous |
very important. |
| pessimistic |
feeling in a negative way about things; expecting the worst to happen. |
| sensual |
related to or providing pleasure from the ways humans perceive stimuli, such as through touch, taste, or smell. |
| skeptical |
having or showing doubt; questioning. |
| splice |
to join (two pieces of film, tape, or similar things) at the ends. |
| verbose |
using or characterized by many or superfluous words; wordy. |