| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| 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. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |