| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| antediluvian |
hopelessly old-fashioned; primitive; outdated. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| blatant |
completely obvious or undisguised, sometimes offensively so. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| flange |
a collar or rim that projects from a pipe, housing, or the like to provide strength, stability, or a place for attaching other parts. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |