UNUSUAL WORDS LXXV

Can you give a simple definition of these less-frequently-used words?

1. GANTRY

2. COUTURE

3. SYNERGY

4. ATAVISTIC

5. OSCULATE

6. VESTIGIAL

7. OSCILLATE

8. DEPRECATE

9. RECIDIVISM

10. DELETERIOUS 

11. THAUMATURGY

Answers:

 

1. GANTRY - An overhead, moveable crane on a steel frame

 

2. COUTURE - High, exclusive fashion in clothing (haute couture)

 

3. SYNERGY - Interaction and cooperation leading to a result greater than one that could be achieved by working separately

 

4. ATAVISTIC -  Relating or reverting to an ancestral trait

 

5. OSCULATE - Kiss

 

6. VESTIGIAL - A trace or very small remnant of something that was once much larger or more noticeable

 

7.  OSCILLATE - Swing back and forth, as a fan / To keep changing one's mind

 

8. DEPRECATE - Disapprove of, disparage 

 

9. RECIDIVISM - Tendency of a convicted criminal to return to criminal behavior

 

10. DELETERIOUS - Harmful, damaging

 

11. THAUMATURGY - Magic