| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| magnum opus |
a great work of art, literature, or music, especially a particular person's masterpiece. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| virago |
a shrewish, domineering woman; nag or scold. |