| abash |
to cause to feel embarrassed, uneasy, or ashamed. |
| abstruse |
difficult to comprehend or understand; esoteric; arcane. |
| bibulous |
addicted to alcohol; alcoholic. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| coeval |
coinciding in time of origin or existence; contemporary. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| discountenance |
to embarrass or disconcert. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| opiate |
something that induces relaxation, calm, or stupor. |
| peremptory |
not permitting refusal or disobedience. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |