| communicable |
capable of being spread or passed on; contagious. |
| coy |
artfully shy or retiring; playfully but calculatingly reticent. |
| discrete |
separate and distinct. |
| disincline |
to cause to be unwilling or reluctant. |
| inexhaustible |
unable to be used up; endless. |
| ingénue |
an inexperienced or artless girl or the role of a such a girl in a dramatic presentation. |
| macabre |
of, pertaining to, depicting, or evoking death or the horrors of death; gruesome; ghastly. |
| maul |
to hurt by beating or through other rough treatment. |
| muse |
to think about something silently or for a long time. |
| propitiate |
to overcome the disfavor or distrust of; conciliate; appease. |
| reiterate |
to say again. |
| solstice |
either of the two times in the year when the sun is furthest from the celestial equator, occurring in June and December. |
| subpoena |
in law, a formal written order summoning a witness to give testimony or requiring that specified evidence be submitted. |
| surmount |
to get over or past; overcome; conquer. |
| tenuous |
having little substance, support, or significance; flimsy; weak. |