| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| Byzantine |
characterized by complexity and intrigue. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| expostulate |
to argue earnestly with someone, usually against an intended action; remonstrate. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| malinger |
to pretend illness or injury, especially in order to be excused from duty or work. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| oblivious |
not conscious or paying attention; unknowing or unaware (usually followed by "to" or "of"). |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |