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quisling
[kwiz-ling]
a person who betrays his or her own country by aiding an invading enemy, often serving later in a puppet government; a traitor

dodecahedron
[doh-dek-uh-hee-druhn]
a three-dimensional shape having twelve plane faces, in particular a regular solid figure with twelve equal pentagonal faces

conflate
[kuhn-fleyt]
to fuse into one entity; merge

precipitate
[pri-sip-i-teyt]
headlong

petty
[pet-ee]
of little or no importance or consequence

hebetude
[heb-i-tood]
the state of being dull; lethargy

noisome
[noi-suhm]
of or related to an offensive, unpleasant, or disgusting as an odor

halcyon
[hal-see-uhn]
calm; peaceful; tranquil

perfidious
[per-fid-ee-uhs]
deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful

troglodyte
[trog-luh-dayt]
a person living in seclusion

frazil
[fraz-uhl]
ice crystals formed in turbulent water, as in swift streams or rough seas

contrived
[kuhn-trahyvd]
obviously planned or forced; artificial; strained

pendulous
[pen-juh-luhs]
hanging down loosely

calumny
[kal-uhm-nee]
a false and malicious statement designed to injure the reputation of someone or something

exacerbation
[ig-zas-er-bey-shuhn]
the act of making a negative situation feel worse than it is

cromlech
[krom-lek]
(no longer in technical use) a megalithic chamber tomb