| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| dawdle |
to waste time; be slow. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| harbinger |
someone or something that signals or foreshadows a later arrival or occurrence; herald; forerunner. |
| knurled |
having small ridges. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| luminary |
a famous, important, or inspirational person. |
| purvey |
to supply or provide (especially food, drink, or other provisions). |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| surcingle |
a girth or belt that wraps around the body of a horse to secure a saddle, pack, or the like to its back. |