| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |