| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |