| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| coddle |
to simmer in water that is almost at the boiling point. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| deign |
to consider some act to be appropriate or in keeping with one's dignity; condescend. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| macerate |
to soften (food or the like) by soaking, as in digestion. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |