| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| collateral |
property or other security put forward to guarantee repayment of a loan. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| erudite |
having or showing a high level of scholarly knowledge; learned. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| sanguine |
having an optimistic temperament or outlook. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |