| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |