| amity |
friendly and peaceful relations; good will. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| diatribe |
a bitter, abusive attack in speech or writing. |
| fixation |
an obsession, especially one that interferes with normal functioning. |
| glean |
to gather or discover (facts, information, or the like) a little at a time. |
| hirsute |
covered with hair or stiff hairs; hairy or shaggy. |
| insularity |
the condition of being closed to new ideas or outside influences; narrow-mindedness. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| proselytize |
to convert or try actively to convert (others) to one's own beliefs or religion. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |