| aberrant |
straying from what is normal or usual; atypical; anomalous. |
| acrid |
bitter in taste or smell; sharply irritating. |
| allure |
to attract strongly by appealing to people's inner wishes; tempt. |
| amalgamation |
the act, process, or result of combining two or more, often disparate, things. |
| dint |
force or impact. |
| dulcet |
pleasing to the ear; melodious. |
| embalm |
to treat (a corpse) with preservatives before burial. |
| epigram |
a short, pithy, often paradoxical sentence. |
| gender |
the sex of a person or animal. |
| indigent |
without financial means to live; needy; poor. |
| postulate |
to assert as something true, especially as a basis for reasoning. |
| sojourn |
to live for a short time in a place; stay temporarily. |
| verisimilitude |
the appearance or semblance of truth or reality. |
| vignette |
a brief written or musical sketch, or brief film scene, that describes or characterizes a person, incident, situation, or the like. |
| wean |
to cause to be free of a habit, activity, or the like, often by means of a distraction or substitute. |