| advert |
to direct the attention by comment or remark. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| effete |
marked by excessive refinement or delicateness of taste. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| forswear |
to give up or renounce, often with an oath or pledge. |
| garble |
to mix up, distort, or confuse (a message, translation, or the like); cause to be disordered or unintelligible. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| lapidary |
an expert on or dealer in gemstones. |
| laudatory |
expressing praise. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| refulgent |
shining brilliantly; radiant. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| untoward |
unexpected and unfortunate. |