| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |