| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| laureate |
one honored for achievement in a particular field or by a particular award, especially in the arts or sciences. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| relict |
a plant, animal, or geological feature that has survived in a considerably changed environment. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |