| deride |
to ridicule or treat with scornful mockery. |
| filch |
to steal (usually something of slight value) in a sly manner; pilfer. |
| foreshadow |
to signal or indicate beforehand; presage; prefigure. |
| heresy |
a religious belief or doctrine not in keeping with the established doctrine of a church, especially the rejection of or dissent from any aspect of Roman Catholic Church dogma by a baptized church member. |
| indeterminate |
not fixed, clear, or precise; indefinite or uncertain. |
| inept |
lacking skill or aptitude; incompetent. |
| intermittent |
alternately stopping and starting with pauses in between. |
| populace |
the people who live in a particular place. |
| proletarian |
of, pertaining or belong to, or characteristic of the working class, especially laborers who lack capital. |
| propitiate |
to overcome the disfavor or distrust of; conciliate; appease. |
| regression |
the act or condition of return to an earlier form or less advanced state; biological or psychological reversion. |
| scuttle2 |
to move or run as if in a hurry; scurry. |
| suture |
the act or process of surgically joining or sewing together the edges of a wound, incision, or the like. |
| undulate |
to move in waves or a wavelike motion. |
| vie |
to compete with another for victory, superiority, or the like (usually followed by "for"). |