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/ˌtruː tə ˈfɔːrm/ /ˌtruː tuː ˈfɔːrm/

According to one's nature; as expected.

wont
wontnoun
/wɒnt/ /woʊnt/

One's habitual way of doing things; custom, habit, practice.

"He awoke at the crack of dawn, as was his wont."

wayward
waywardadjective
/ˈweɪwɚd/

Given to wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray

slackening
/ˈslækənɪŋ/ /ˈslæknɪŋ/

The act by which something slackens; loss of speed, tautness, etc.

deviation
/diviˈeɪʃən/

The act of deviating; wandering off the correct or true path or road

handiest
handiestadjective
/ˈhændiɪst/ /ˈhɛndiɪst/

Physically violent; tending to use one's fists.

spirals
/ˈspaɪrəlz/

A self-sustaining process with a lot of momentum involved, so it is difficult to accelerate or stop it at once.

tell
tellnoun
/tɛl/

A reflexive, often habitual behavior, especially one occurring in a context that often features attempts at deception by persons under psychological stress (such as a poker game or police interrogation), that reveals information that the person exhibiting the behavior is attempting to withhold.

fissiparous
fissiparousadjective
/fɪˈsɪpəɹəs/

Factious, tending to break into pieces

obscurant
obscurantadjective
/ɒbˈskjʊəɹənt/ /ɑbˈskjəɹənt/

Acting or tending to confound, obfuscate, or obscure.

incident
incidentadjective
/ˈɪn.sɪ.dənt/

Liable to happen; apt to occur; befalling; hence, naturally happening or appertaining.

kinks
kinksnoun
/kɪŋks/

An unreasonable notion; a crotchet; a whim; a caprice.

hunch
hunchverb
/hʌntʃ/

To have a hunch, or make an intuitive guess.

preferred
/pɹɪˈfɜːd/ /pɹɪˈfɝd/

To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better.

chocaholic
/ˌtʃɒkəˈhɒlɪk/ /ˌtʃɔːkəˈhɒlɪk/

Someone who has such a liking for chocolate that they appear to be addicted to it.

vice
vicenoun
/vaɪs/

A bad habit.

"Gluttony is a vice, not a virtue."

addicting
/əˈdɪktɪŋ/

To devote (oneself) to a given activity, occupation, thing etc.

pettinesses
/ˈpɛtinəsɪz/ /ˈpɪtinəsɪz/

The quality of being petty.

flits
flitsverb
/flɪts/

To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.

flitting
/ˈflɪtɪŋ/

To unpredictably change state for short periods of time.