| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| penury |
severe poverty; pennilessness. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |