| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| conduction |
the transmission or transfer, as of heat, electrical charges, or nervous impulses, through a medium. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| eruct |
to belch forth. |
| etiolate |
to weaken, especially through deprivation of normal development. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| heterodox |
deviating from an officially approved belief or doctrine, especially in religion. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| parlance |
manner of speaking or writing, especially word choice; vernacular. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| seminal |
of critical importance; essential. |