| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| boorish |
rude; ill-mannered; crude. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| commodious |
comfortably spacious; roomy. |
| deadeye |
an expert shooter. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| prerogative |
an exclusive right or privilege derived from one's office, position, age, citizenship, birth, or the like. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |