| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| belabor |
to continue excessive efforts on or excessive discussion of. |
| chary |
not dispensing freely. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| hagiography |
an admiring and uncritical biography of anyone. |
| irrefragable |
impossible to refute or dispute; undeniable. |
| kibbutz |
an Israeli farming settlement whose ownership is shared by those who live and work there. |
| obviate |
to prevent or eliminate in advance; render unnecessary or irrelevant. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |
| quondam |
having been in the past; former. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |