| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |