| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| assail |
to attack with vigor or violence; assault. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| sequester |
to remove into protection and isolation; seclude. |