Buckminsterfullerene

• A form of carbon having molecules of 60 atoms arranged in a polyhedron resembling a geodesic sphere.

Leitmotiv

• A melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner’s operas).

Animadvert

an·i·mad·vert

• Pass criticism or censure on; speak out against.

Objectionableness

• hatefulness: the quality of being hateful.

Personalty

• A person’s personal, movable property

Vexed

• Angered

Cumber

• Hamper or hinder (someone or something)

Timorous

• Afraid

Petrology

• The branch of science concerned with the origin, structure, and composition of rocks.

Skedaddle

• [ski-dad-l]
• To run away