| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| brash |
rudely self-assertive; bold; impudent. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| equipoise |
a state of balance or equal weight, importance, or the like; equilibrium. |
| expiation |
the act or the means of making amends, as for a sin or crime. |
| immiscible |
not able to be mixed or blended. |
| inanition |
a state of exhaustion caused by a lack of nourishment. |
| lattice |
a flat framework made with strips of wood or other material. The strips cross each other and have open spaces in between. A lattice is often used as a screen on a porch or in a garden. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| regicide |
the murderer of a king. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| shunt |
to turn or move aside or out of the way; divert. |
| truculent |
extremely hostile or belligerent; inclined to fight. |