| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| condone |
to pardon, disregard, or overlook voluntarily or without condemning. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| deterge |
to cleanse, wash, or wipe off. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| gambit |
a tactic or maneuver designed to gain an advantage, especially one that involves some sacrifice on one's part. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| rodomontade |
puffed-up boasting or bravado. |
| sartorial |
of or pertaining to tailors or tailored clothing, especially men's clothing. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |