| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| atonement |
the act of making reparation for a sin, crime, error, or the like. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| fulminate |
to vehemently denounce or criticize something. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| rapacious |
capable of capturing and eating live prey; predacious. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| topography |
the shape of the earth's surface across an area or region. The topography of an area includes the size and location of hills and dips in the land. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |