| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| atavism |
the recurrence or reappearance of a particular trait, style, attitude, or behavior that seemed to have disappeared, or that which has recurred or reappeared after such an absence. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| engender |
to create or give rise to. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| sagacious |
possessing or characterized by good judgment and common sense; wise. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |