| ambivalent |
of feelings and emotions, conflicting; pulling in opposite directions. |
| decadence |
a decline into immorality; loss of moral values. |
| distend |
to swell or cause to swell from, or as if from, internal pressure; balloon. |
| dote |
to have or show too much love or affection (usually followed by "on" or "upon"). |
| egress |
an act, instance, method, or place of exit or emergence. |
| intolerant |
not able or not willing to accept different opinions, beliefs, customs, or people; not tolerant. |
| irascible |
easily angered or irritated; short-tempered. |
| languor |
lack of strength or energy; weakness or listlessness. |
| limbo1 |
(often capitalized) in theology, a place neither in heaven nor hell for souls neither saved nor condemned, such as those of unbaptized infants. |
| proscribe |
to make illegal or prohibit. |
| reverberation |
the continuation of a sound after the source of the sound has been cut off. |
| reverent |
characterized by, showing, or feeling great respect and awe mingled with love. |
| satirical |
containing or marked by the use of parody or irony to ridicule or denounce human corruptness or folly. |
| temperamental |
changeable as to mood, nature, operability, or the like; unpredictable. |
| tumult |
the noise and commotion of a large crowd; uproar. |