PSoN vocab pt. 1

• patron


  someone who gives financial or other support to a person, organization, cause, or activity
• oscillate


  to move or swing back & forth
• mongrel


  a dog of undefinable breed or tyoe
• rebuff


  to reject abruptly, or ungraciously
• philosophical


  having a calm attitude toward disappointments or difficulties
• unfurl


  to spread out from a rolled or folded state, esp. to be open to the wind
• sentient


  able to perceive or feel things; alive
• iteration


  repetition of a process or utterance
• maul


  to wound by scratching & tearing
• untethered


  unbound; not restrained or tied down
• penance


  voluntary self-punishment inflicted to express regret for having done wrong
• extrajudicial


  of a prison sentence not legally authorized
• existential


  philosophical about human existence (questioning life, death, purpose, etc.)
• vigilante


  a person who unlawfully decides to stop crime & to punish criminals
• quirky


  characterized by peculiar or unexpected traits; eccentric; odd
• romanticize


  to think about or describe something as being better or more attractive or interesting than it is