| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| facsimile |
an exact copy or duplicate of something printed or of a picture. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
| peripatetic |
walking or traveling around; going from place to place; itinerant. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| recidivism |
chronic return to bad habits, especially criminal relapse. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |