| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| convoluted |
complex; intricate. |
| debauch |
to lead or seduce into immorality or intemperance; corrupt. |
| declivity |
a downward or descending slope. |
| desiccate |
to remove the moisture in (food) so as to preserve it. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| espouse |
to take up, hold, or commit oneself to (a cause, idea, or belief); embrace. |
| indurate |
to make hard in texture; harden. |
| innocuous |
not capable of causing damage; harmless. |
| intransigence |
refusal to alter one's ideas or position in response to the wishes of others. |
| macrocosm |
a large unit or entity that represents on a large scale one of its smaller components. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| stately |
dignified. |
| tyro |
one who is beginning to learn a business, trade, sport, or the like; novice; neophyte. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |