| abject |
of the lowest or most wretched kind. |
| affable |
pleasant to talk to and be with; friendly; likeable. |
| circumstantial |
relevant but not essential; incidental. |
| excoriate |
to denounce or criticize severely. |
| nurture |
to care for and encourage the growth and development of (a living thing). |
| opalescent |
exhibiting a spectrum of colors or changing colors; iridescent. |
| outmoded |
no longer in keeping with current standards or practices; obsolete. |
| overweening |
particularly forward, vain, and self-promoting. |
| recast |
to rewrite, reconstruct, or conceive again in a different form. |
| reciprocate |
to give (feelings or things) in return. |
| stasis |
the state of equilibrium or balance between opposing forces; motionlessness. |
| traverse |
to go over, along, or through; cover or cross. |
| unrelenting |
continuing with the same intensity, force, speed, or the like; not decreasing or weakening. |
| vertigo |
a sensation of unsteadiness or dizziness, such that one's surroundings seem to be whirling around. |
| vicarious |
experienced through imagined participation in someone else's actions, sufferings, or the like. |