| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| ascertain |
to learn without question; determine. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |