| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| cession |
the act of formally giving up or signing over, as a territory; ceding. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| laconic |
using very few words; succinct; terse. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |