Lessons 7-15 (excluding lesson 8) strikingly bizarre uncustomary the quality of being unconventional a departure from the norm a model of excellence commonplace incompatible or inconsistent a deviating from the expected course common in a certain location seeming to be everywhere a sharpness; an astuteness obvious; apparent to cite as an example having hidden meaning a difficult problem basic, elementary to make confused to interpret to use evasive language a contradictory statement that may be true to right a wrong mercy compensation to clear of blame wickedness to swindle or cheat to attribute fault to leave to avoid arrest deserving of criticism regretful impossible to satisfy a huge number stern or somber to flood with water having great size or number extreme greed flowery; ornate stinginess plentiful; abounding wastefully extravagant uncomplaining excessively eager to serve daring; fearless undecided brilliance in performance tireless stern; harsh rebelliousness hardheaded stubborness an epidemic disease about to die to wither away poisonous favorable to health black and blue completely uninjured to sap the energy of lying flat, face down a cause of great devastation to urge strongly lively using few words the essence; the main idea a controversial argument wordy and rambling excessively dramatic to glorify or praise offensively self-assured marked by noisy outcries conclusive; decisive self-evident flimsy; weak to interpret from a logical standpoint based on observation or experiment able to be proved a refutation to presume to reject the validity of the exchange of logical arguments to find the truth