| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| bathos |
a sudden descent from an exalted style or esteemed state to the commonplace. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
| parturient |
giving birth or about to give birth; in labor. |
| pneumatic |
of, using, or concerning air or other gases. |
| quotidian |
happening every day or once a day. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| reprise |
repetition of a musical phrase or theme in an identical or slightly altered way. |
| scion |
an offspring or heir. |
| stative |
in grammar, of or designating a category of verbs that express state or condition. |