| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| determinism |
the belief or teaching that every effect, including human thoughts and actions, is completely and predictably brought about by preceding causes and that, therefore, free will does not exist. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| panegyric |
a formal speech or piece of writing devoted to publicly praising a person or thing. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |