| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| idyllic |
charmingly simple and natural, as a scene or experience; suggestive of peaceful countryside. |
| incumbent |
currently holding an office or position. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |