| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| fungible |
interchangeable. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| unabashed |
not feeling or showing embarrassment, uneasiness, or shame. |