| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| attune |
to adjust so as to be harmonious. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| savor |
to give an impression; hint (usually followed by "of"). |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |