| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| debouch |
to advance out of a confined or narrow space such as a canyon into open country. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| impermeable |
not permitting passage or penetration. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| pelf |
money or wealth, usually regarded with disapproval or contempt. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| unadulterated |
unmixed with or undiluted by additives or extraneous elements; pure; complete. |