| contortion |
a straining or twisting by the intellect; mental gymnastics. |
| counterfeiter |
one who makes fraudulent imitations or copies, especially of money. |
| crossbreed |
to cause (a hybrid organism) to be produced by mating two different varieties of the same species. |
| detachment |
a feeling or condition of being impartial or uninvolved. |
| eddy |
to move or turn in circles or eddies. |
| enrapture |
to cause to be in rapture or to be ecstatically joyful. |
| ephemeral |
lasting for only a short period. |
| fulcrum |
that which other things are contingent upon or built around; a pivotal point or agent. |
| mettle |
toughness of character; courage. |
| perfunctory |
done quickly and as a matter of routine; performed without care. |
| pilfer |
to steal, especially trifling amounts or things of small value. |
| prodigious |
inspiring wonder and admiration; marvelous. |
| propitious |
offering favorable circumstances or conditions; opportune; promising. |
| redundant |
unnecessarily repetitive. |
| surmount |
to get over or past; overcome; conquer. |