| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| castellated |
constructed with turrets and battlements like a castle. |
| descry |
to see or make out, especially something obscured or at a distance. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| insipid |
having a bland or uninteresting flavor; tasteless. |
| ligature |
a band or tie. |
| modus operandi |
a method of accomplishing something; way of working. |
| neophyte |
a beginner or novice at any activity. |
| quadrant |
any of the four parts that result when an area is divided by two lines, real or imaginary, that intersect each other at right angles. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |