| asceticism |
self-discipline and self-denial as a means of spiritual improvement. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| comity |
mutual courtesy and respectful treatment among people or nations. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| divergence |
the act of separating and moving or leading in different directions. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| imbricate |
overlapping in an even sequence, as roof tiles or fish scales. |
| indolence |
the tendency to avoid exertion or effort; laziness. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| omnibus |
concerning or including a large collection of things. |
| parvenu |
a person who has suddenly acquired wealth or status, without acquiring the tastes, manners, customs, or the like of his or her new station. |
| quiescence |
a state of inaction, rest, or stillness; dormancy. |