| dexterity |
grace and easy quickness in using the hands or body; skill. |
| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| disincline |
to cause to be unwilling or reluctant. |
| divest |
to take rights or property away from; dispossess, especially by legal means. |
| elaboration |
the act or an instance of adding explanatory material or detail, or the material or detail so added. |
| enrapture |
to cause to be in rapture or to be ecstatically joyful. |
| fissure |
a narrow crevice or other opening, especially one caused by splitting. |
| impel |
to drive or incite to action. |
| invective |
strongly abusive or denunciatory speech or language. |
| juxtapose |
to bring together for the purpose of side-by-side comparison or contrast. |
| materialistic |
being more greatly concerned with things in the world that can be acquired than with spiritual matters or values. |
| occult |
of, pertaining to, or with the aid of the supernatural. |
| scapegoat |
one made to bear the blame for the wrongs of others. |
| slough2 |
to shed or discard; rid oneself of. |
| tractable |
easy to manage or guide; docile. |