| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| figurehead |
a person whose title sounds important but who has no real power. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |