All terms in this list:

eviscerate: To be taking out main parts

rampart: A defensive wall of earth

hiatus: A gap in a series, making it incomplete.

mull: To work over mentally

chutney: A sweet or savory but usually spicy condiment, originally from eastern India

mantra: A word chanted as a prayer

gauche: Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling.

chassis: The base frame of a motor vehicle.

ignoramus: A stupid person

ghetto: A highly populated slum area in a city

coalition: a temporary alliance

waifish: To look thin, pale, or frail.

quonset hut: A shelter, typically a storage shed.

suss: To investigate

receptacle: Something that holds something else, a container