| cohesion |
the state or quality of having parts that are logically ordered or connected into a whole. |
| concoct |
to make by putting together a number of parts or ingredients. |
| finite |
limited in number, quantity, or duration; capable of being measured. (Cf. infinite.) |
| fresco |
the art of painting on wet plaster with colors dissolved in water or limewater, or a picture produced by this method. |
| incongruous |
not suitable or fitting; out of place. |
| invertebrate |
without a backbone |
| palatable |
acceptable or pleasing to the sense of taste. |
| perjury |
the crime of telling a lie in a court after promising under oath to tell the truth. |
| preemptive |
of or relating to a strike or attack such as a bid in bridge or a military attack, made in anticipation of or to prevent an opposing strike. |
| prevalent |
generally accepted; pervasive; widespread. |
| rancorous |
feeling or showing bitter resentment; hateful. |
| revert |
to return to a previous state, practice, belief, or the like. |
| ruse |
a trick, pretense, or diversion intended to deceive or mislead. |
| sedative |
causing tranquillity or calmness. |
| theorem |
a proposition or idea that can be proven by other formulas or propositions in mathematics, or deduced from accepted premises or assumptions in logic. |