| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| bilge |
the rounded part of a ship's hull between the bottom and the sides. |
| coalesce |
to grow together or unite to form a single body or organization; unify; fuse. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |