| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| apotheosis |
a perfect or ideal example; epitome. |
| arrant |
complete; unmitigated; downright. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| equivocal |
having at least two plausible alternative meanings, often intentionally so in order to deceive or avoid commitment; ambiguous. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inchoate |
partially or imperfectly developed. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |