| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| flummox |
(informal) to confuse or puzzle. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| louche |
of questionable decency, morality, or taste; shady; disreputable. |
| maunder |
to speak in an aimless or foolish way; babble. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |