| aberrant |
straying from what is normal or usual; atypical; anomalous. |
| contiguous |
in contact; touching; adjoining. |
| derogatory |
having the purpose or effect of detracting; disparaging. |
| garner |
to accumulate, acquire, or receive in abundance. |
| gesticulation |
the act or an instance of using hand movements, as to add emphasis or expressiveness to speech. |
| interim |
the interval of time between two events. |
| liaison |
a communication link between groups or between parts of an organization, or a person or group that performs this function. |
| pollinate |
to move or carry pollen to a plant, causing the seeds to be fertilized. |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| raucous |
loud, sharp, and rasping, as, at times, a bird's call or a human's voice or laugh. |
| syncopate |
in music, to make (a rhythm) more complex as by accenting beats that are not normally accented or employing rests where accented beats would be expected. |
| 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. |
| uncontrolled |
acting or continuing, or allowed to act or continue, without constraint, regulation, or opposition. |
| unintelligible |
not able to be understood, as spoken or written language. |
| unqualified |
lacking the appropriate knowledge or qualifications. |