| abeyance |
temporary suspension or cessation. |
| ambidextrous |
able to use both the left and right hands with equal skill. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| austerity |
a tightened or stringent economy, as when there are high taxes, frozen wages, and shortages of consumer goods. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| 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. |
| otiose |
having no purpose or use; unnecessary or futile. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |