| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| dilatory |
used to cause a delay. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| highbrow |
one who has or pretends to have highly sophisticated intellectual and cultural interests and tastes (often used disparagingly). |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| veneration |
a feeling of great respect; awe; reverence. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |