| baleful |
threatening harm; full of malice; ominous. |
| contumely |
contemptuous insolence; rudeness. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| gossamer |
delicately fine, gauzelike, or filmy. |
| loll |
to hang down loosely; dangle. |
| obtrusive |
aggressive and self-assertive, or inclined to be so. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| penumbra |
an indefinite, borderline area. |
| perilous |
causing or involving great danger; risky; hazardous. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |