| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| barrage |
a great number of things coming one after another very quickly. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| foment |
to encourage the development of; instigate or foster. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| obtrude |
to thrust or force (oneself, one's concerns, or one's opinions) on another or others without being asked. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |