| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| dearth |
a shortage or scarcity of something; lack. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| 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. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |