| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| insouciant |
having no cares or anxieties; light-hearted; carefree. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |