| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| nonplus |
to cause (someone) to be unable to think of what to say, do, or decide; perplex; bewilder. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |