| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| colloquialism |
a word or phrase typically used in conversational, informal, or regional speech or writing, hence sometimes considered inappropriate in formal writing. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| pleonasm |
a redundant word, phrase, or expression. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| recrudesce |
to become active again or break out anew, as a disease or harmful condition. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |