| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| berate |
to reproach or scold severely. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
| dissimulate |
to hide one's true feelings, intentions, or the like by pretense or hypocrisy. |
| eidetic |
pertaining to or designating the ability to recall images in almost perfect detail. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| reprisal |
injury inflicted in retaliation for injury received, as in war; revenge. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |