| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| indulgent |
gratifying, or being inclined to gratify or yield to others' wishes, especially rather than enforcing discipline or strictness. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| salvo |
the firing of guns or other firearms simultaneously or in succession, especially as a salute. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |