| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| beatify |
to admire or exalt as superior. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| festoon |
a decorative chain or strip of ribbons, flowers, leaves, or the like, suspended at the ends and hung in a curve. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |