prognostic
an advance indication or portent of a future event
intermittently
occurring at irregular intervals; not continuous or steady
convergent
coming closer together, especially in characteristics or ideas
plurality
the fact or state of being plural
ardent
enthusiastic or passionate
veneration
great respect; reverence
secular
denoting attitudes, activities, or other things that have no religious or spiritual basis
retrenchment
the reduction of costs or spending in response to economic difficulty
emanates
originate from; be produced by
autonomy
the right or condition of self-government
aesthetics
concerned with beauty or the appreciation of beauty
contrivance
the use of skill to bring something about or create something
fortuitous
happening by accident or chance rather than design
elucidated
make (something) clear; explain
aversion
a strong dislike or disinclination
vehement
showing strong feeling; forceful, passionate, or intense
tactile
of or connected with the sense of touch
prototype
a first, typical or preliminary model of something, especially a machine, from which other forms are developed or copied
elicits
evoke or draw out
canonical
included in the list of sacred books officially accepted as genuine
