| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| disaffection |
an absence or loss of good will, faith, or loyalty, especially toward a government, principle, or the like. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |