| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| duress |
intimidation or coercion. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| fealty |
faithfulness or loyalty. |
| idyllic |
charmingly simple and natural, as a scene or experience; suggestive of peaceful countryside. |
| incessant |
never stopping; constant. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |