| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| bellicose |
easily incited to quarrel or fight; belligerent. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| granulate |
to make into small particles or grains. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |