| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| epigraph |
a pertinent quotation or motto, especially found at the beginning of a literary work or of a chapter. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |