[ ab-stroos ]

difficult to understand; obscure

[ uh-skrahyb ]

to attribute or think of as belonging, as a quality or characteristic

[ ab-ni-geyt ]

renounce or reject (something desired or valuable)

[ ag-ruhn-dahyz ]

to make something appear greater

[ tsahyt-gey-ber ]

an environmental cue, as the length of daylight or the degree of temperature, that helps to regulate the cycles of an organism's biological clock

[ plots ]

to collapse or faint, as from surprise, excitement, or exhaustion

[ kan-tang-ker-uhs ]

bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative

[ moh-nok-ruh-see ]

government by only one person; autocracy

[ ban-di-koot ]

a mainly insectivorous marsupial native to Australia and New Guinea