| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| apocryphal |
of dubious authorship or authority. |
| appose |
to place next to or side by side; juxtapose. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| diurnal |
occurring or active during, or belonging to, the daytime rather than nighttime. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| immaculate |
not dirty; completely clean. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |