| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| contumacious |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious. |
| cravat |
a scarf or band of cloth tied loosely about the neck. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| extenuate |
to reduce the magnitude or seriousness of (a fault or offense) by offering partial excuses. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |