| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| assuage |
to make less severe or more bearable; alleviate. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |