| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| appellation |
a name, title, or other designation. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| demotic |
of or relating to the common people; popular. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| 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. |