| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| 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. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |