| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| pandemic |
a widespread outbreak of disease that afflicts many people over different continents. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| syntax |
the word order or pattern of word order in a sentence. |