| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| expound |
to discuss or explain in detail (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |