UNIQUE WORDS game to increase our vocabulary - alphabetical order

Fate - the development of events beyond a person's control, regarded as determined by a supernatural power

Interfacing: a piece of firm fabric or other material inserted between and usually sewn or fused to the layers of a garment to thicken or stiffen it.

Juggernaut:   massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path.

Lassitude:  a state or feeling of weariness, diminished energy, or listlessness

Non-tenured: used to refer to a teacher in a college or university who does not have tenure (= the right to remain permanently in a job):

Pathfinder: one that discovers a new course or way, especially through or into unexplored regions;

one of a group of paratroopers who land ahead of a main force in order to mark the drop zone.

Rat Bast*rd - A thoroughly despicable and untrustworthy person; a scoundrel 

Transceiver: a transmitter and receiver housed together in a single unit and having some circuits in common, often for portable or mobile use