| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| compunction |
uneasiness about the propriety or suitability of an action; qualm. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| feckless |
weak or incompetent; ineffective. |
| lacuna |
a gap or omitted part. |
| lanugo |
fine, soft hair, especially that with which a human fetus or newborn is covered. |
| lien |
a legal claim on a piece of property when the current owner is in default on a debt or obligation. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| redoubtable |
inspiring fear; formidable. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |