survive

(v.): live longer than expected; remain in existence

shift

(v.): change course; move or transfer

initial

(adj.): occurring at the beginning

crucial

(adj.): extremely important; critical

consequent

(adj.): following as an effect or result

reprehensible

(adj.): deserving of reproof, rebuke, or censure

translucent

(adj.): permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible

degraded

(v./adj.): reduced in quality, value, position, etc.

negotiable

(adj.): capable of being changed through a discussion to mutual agreement

rapt

(adj.): deeply engrossed or absorbed

infatuated

(adj): inspired or possessed with a foolish or unreasoning passion, such as love

irrelevantly

(adv.): in a way not relating to the point or situation

rebounded

(v.): bounced back

imperceptively

(adv.): in such a slight way as to be almost unnoticeable

exhalation

(n.): something breathed out

projection

(n.): something that juts out from a surface