polygamy
the custom of having more than one husband or wife at the same time in societies where this is legal
sponge cake
a very light type of cake made with flour, eggs, and sugar
amputee
someone who has had a part of their body amputated
upsurge
a sudden increase in something
mane
the long hair on the neck of a horse or lion
prose
written language in its ordinary form, as opposed to poetry
defibrillator
a piece of equipment for giving the heart an electric shock to make it start to beat normally again
gloop
a sticky unpleasant substance
baste
to cover meat with hot fat or its own juices while it cooks