| chaste |
not having committed fornication or adultery. |
| digression |
the act or result of straying from the main topic. |
| fiasco |
an utter and shameful failure. |
| gnarl |
to knot or twist. |
| grievous |
causing emotional or physical suffering; painful. |
| inveterate |
persisting in a habit, action, feeling, or the like. |
| mellifluous |
flowing and sweet, as though with honey. |
| mutable |
able or likely to change. |
| openhanded |
tending to give to others; generous. |
| parley |
a discussion, especially between opponents or enemies, as to establish terms of truce. |
| qualm |
a feeling of guilt or doubt. |
| satirical |
containing or marked by the use of parody or irony to ridicule or denounce human corruptness or folly. |
| saturate |
to fill or soak completely. |
| spendthrift |
one who is extravagant or wasteful with money; squanderer. |
| striate |
to mark with stripes or furrows. |