| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| corporeal |
having to do with a physical body; bodily. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |