| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |