| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. |
| deter |
to stop or discourage from some action by creating doubt or fear. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| misfeasance |
a normally lawful act performed in an unlawful way. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| peroration |
the concluding part of a speech in which there is a summing up of the principal points. |
| plaudit |
(often plural) an enthusiastic show of approval, such as a round of applause or a very favorable review. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| pusillanimous |
shamefully timid; cowardly. |
| raffish |
carelessly unconventional or disreputable, sometimes appealingly so. |
| recurve |
to bend or curve back or backward, as the ends of certain shooting bows. |