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Abscond (verb)

To depart clandestinely; to seal off and hide.




Syn: Decamp, bolt




Sentence:


The Hashemites will not just surrender power and abscond to South Kensington.

Aberrant (adj)

Deviating from the norm (noun form: aberration)




Syn: 1. wandering; deviation, divergence. 4. abnormality, eccentricity, illusion, delusion, hallucination.




Sentence: It seemed like an aberration, not a pattern to be worried about.



Alacrity (noun)


Eager and enthusiastic willingness




Syn: 1. eagerness, keenness; fervor, zeal. 2. sprightliness, agility.




When it comes to nuns, though, the church is somehow able to act with alacrity.

Anomoly (noun)

Deviation from the normal order, form or rule; abnormality (adj. form: anomalous)




Syn: Abnormal, deviation




But drawing attention to this anomaly is not something we should be afraid of, it is something we should be exposing vigorously.