| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| incursion |
a raid or sudden invasion. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| insinuate |
to suggest (something derogatory) subtly and indirectly. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |