Biologists are the wild population with 18-month-old animals bred on one of the islands. Augmenting - make something greater by adding to it; increase. Deformities- a deformed part, especially of the body; a malformation. Discreet - marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint Disparagement - the act of speaking contemptuously of Nuptials - of or related to a wedding Obscured - keep from being seen; conceal. Pernicious - exceedingly harmful Portentous - ominously prophetic Posterity - all future generations Prodigious - great in size, force, extent, or degree Profane - violate the sacred character of a place or language Propagate - multiply through reproduction Purged - rid of an unwanted quality, condition, or feeling.