| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| extempore |
without plan or preparation; impromptu or improvised. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| jubilate |
to feel joyful; rejoice; exult. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |