| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| effluvium |
an outflow of usually invisible, foul-smelling vapor or gas. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| gird |
to surround, bind, or encircle, as with a belt. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| impediment |
an obstacle or hindrance. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |
| uxorious |
excessively or foolishly devoted to one's wife, and often thereby submissive to her. |