Vocabulary: Apprehensive to Welter - Definitions and Usage

Apprehensive

anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

Arrogant

having or revealing an exaggerated sense of one's own importance or abilities

Botch

to carry out a task poorly

Celerity

swiftness of movement

Citadel

a fortress protecting a city

Coronet

a small / simple crown

Defuse

to remove a fuse

Deign

to do something that one considers beneath one's dignity

Frustrate

to prevent something from succeeding, or being fulfilled

Furtive

attempting to avoid notice or attention, typically due to guilt; secretive

Prop

a pole / beam used to keep something in position

Pummel

to strike repeatedly with fists

Repose

a state of rest / sleep

Strew

to scatter / spread things untidily over an area

Welter

a large number of items in no order