| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| baneful |
causing or leading to death, destruction, or ruin; harmful or deadly. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| concur |
to share the same opinion; agree. |
| denigrate |
to deny the worth of; sneer at; belittle. |
| deracinate |
to pull up by or as if by the roots; uproot; isolate; exile. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| frangible |
easy to break; breakable; fragile. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| paroxysm |
a sudden strong outburst of feelings or actions. |
| putrefaction |
the act or process of rotting or decomposing. |
| saturnine |
gloomy, sullen, or cynical in temperament or appearance. |
| stridulate |
to produce a shrill grating, creaking, or chirping sound by rubbing certain parts of the body together, as some insects do. |