| accost |
to confront and speak first to, often aggressively. |
| amenable |
willing to respond, agree, or submit; agreeable; pliable. |
| decadent |
tending to indulge in sensual pleasures; hedonistic. |
| deleterious |
harmful or injurious, as to health. |
| empirical |
based on or verifiable by experience or experiment, rather than on or by theory. |
| estrange |
to cause (someone) to change from friendly and sympathetic to hostile or indifferent; alienate. |
| flippant |
disrespectful or indifferent to someone or something worthy of respect; shallowly humorous. |
| meditative |
disposed to, marked by, or indicating contemplation or reflection; deeply thoughtful. |
| odious |
provoking or deserving of hatred; loathsome or repellent. |
| odium |
hatred, strong dislike, or repugnance. |
| oscillate |
to swing steadily and repeatedly back and forth. |
| precept |
a basic rule, principle, or directive that guides action, moral conduct, or thought. |
| seclude |
to keep apart from other people or activity. |
| winnow |
to sift through, or separate out the desired or worthwhile from the undesired or worthless part of, as by critical analysis. |
| wizened |
shriveled or dried up. |