| Surrogate | one that serves as a substitute |
| Flivver | a small cheap usually old automobile |
| Viviparous | producing living young instead of eggs from within the body |
| Simian | relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| Caste | one of a collection of hereditary social classes that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| Decant | to pour out, transfer, or unload as if by pouring |
| Sententious | aphoristic, or moralistic in expression |
| Genome | the complete genetic material of an organism |
| Alpha | the first letter of the Greek Alphabet |
| Beta | the second letter of the Greek Alphabet |
| Gamma | the third letter of the Greek Alphabet |
| Delta | the fourth letter of the Greek Alphabet |
| Epsilon | the fifth letter of the Greek Alphabet |
| Superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary; extra |
| Pneumatic | moved or worked by air pressure, inflated, (in this text) voluptuous |