| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| indemnity |
insurance against damage, loss, or liability. |
| indistinct |
not clearly perceived or perceiving. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |