| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| apprise |
to inform (often followed by "of"). |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| recessional |
a piece of music that accompanies the exit of participants in a program or religious ceremony. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |