| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| élan |
enthusiasm or vigor. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| stickler |
one who must observe or conform to something (usually followed by "for"). |