affinity |
a strong sense of liking; a natural attraction or sympathy. |
apostate |
a person who abandons his or her religious faith, principles, cause, or the like. |
bevy |
a group of birds or other animals, especially quail or larks. |
connotation |
a secondary meaning or implication of a word or expression, in addition to its primary meaning. |
detachment |
a feeling or condition of being impartial or uninvolved. |
engulf |
to cover entirely, as if by a flood. |
folio |
a large sheet of paper that has been folded once to form two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript. |
fragmentary |
consisting of fragments; incomplete or disconnected. |
kinetic |
of, concerning, or caused by motion. |
laggard |
someone or something that falls behind the pace of others. |
misjudge |
to hold an unjustified opinion of. |
mundane |
of or pertaining to what is common and everyday; ordinary; commonplace. |
myopia |
a visual defect in which distant images are focused in front of rather than on the retina; nearsightedness. |
regenerate |
to grow (new tissue or parts) to replace lost or injured tissue or parts. |
suffice |
to meet the needs, goals, or the like of; be adequate for. |