| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| goad |
something that spurs a person to action; stimulus. |
| lambent |
glowing softly. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| savor |
to give an impression; hint (usually followed by "of"). |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |