| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| austere |
having only what is needed; very simple or plain. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| descant |
a secondary, usually higher, melody that is played or sung at the same time as the chief melody. |
| flout |
to show scorn or contempt for, especially by openly or deliberately disobeying. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| jejune |
lacking interest or liveliness; dull. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| oblique |
not direct or straightforward in intent, means, or achievement; indirect or devious. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |