| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |