| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| caparison |
decorative trappings to cover a horse's saddle or harness. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| exponent |
one that expounds or interprets. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |
| sylph |
a slender, graceful woman or girl. |