| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| gullible |
believing almost anything; easily tricked. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| sere1 |
dried up or withered. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |