| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| conclave |
a secret, private, or confidential meeting or gathering. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| interdict |
to deter or impede by the steady use of firepower. |
| oppugn |
to oppose, contradict, criticize, or call into question. |
| ostentation |
a showy display to impress others. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |