| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| parlous |
full of dangers or risks; perilous. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |