| aberrant |
straying from what is normal or usual; atypical; anomalous. |
| chasm |
a deep crack in the earth's surface. |
| demoralize |
to weaken or destroy the confidence, courage, spirit, or morale of. |
| ductile |
able to withstand stress without breaking, as in drawing out into wire or pounding thin. |
| emaciate |
to waste away the flesh of, usually by starvation or disease; make extremely thin. |
| filch |
to steal (usually something of slight value) in a sly manner; pilfer. |
| fluency |
the ability to speak or write smoothly and easily in another language. |
| incision |
a cut made during surgery. |
| incongruous |
not suitable or fitting; out of place. |
| indigenous |
being the people or animals that originally lived and may continue to live in a particular country or region. |
| inscrutable |
impossible to comprehend or interpret; mysterious. |
| prescriptive |
that prescribes; setting down rules. |
| refract |
to bend (rays or waves of light, heat, sound, or the like) in passing (them) obliquely from one medium into another which transmits them at a different speed. |
| stark |
in all respects; total; extreme. |
| temperamental |
changeable as to mood, nature, operability, or the like; unpredictable. |