| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| dissemble |
to disguise or hide behind a false semblance; conceal the true nature or state of. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| pliant |
easily flexed; supple. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| reconnoiter |
to go through or over (an area) so as to gain information about it, as for military or engineering purposes. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |