| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |