aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
attenuate |
to cause to be thin, rarefied, or fine. |
blithe |
indifferent or casual; unconcerned. |
caste |
the status conferred by the class to which one belongs. |
deify |
to raise to the rank of a god; consider to be a god. |
electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
engender |
to create or give rise to. |
harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
internecine |
of or pertaining to conflict, discord, or struggle within a group. |
loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
supine |
lying with the face upward. |