| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| disencumber |
to remove burdens or hindrances from. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| guru |
in a cult or religious movement, a spiritual guide or leader, sometimes believed to be divine. |
| lorgnette |
eyeglasses, such as opera glasses, that have a short handle by which one holds them in position. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |