| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| daunt |
to lessen the determination of; intimidate; discourage. |
| deposition |
a sworn statement, usually in writing, for use as testimony by an absent witness in a court of law. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| ineluctable |
impossible to be avoided; inescapable. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| shibboleth |
a slogan, phrase, or belief that characterizes or is held devotedly by a group. |