| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| astringent |
a substance or drug that contracts body tissue and slows discharge or secretion. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| constrict |
to pull or squeeze in; make smaller or more narrow; tighten. |
| devolve |
of a duty or the like, to be passed on to someone else. |
| ensconce |
to position (oneself) firmly or comfortably. |
| forbear |
to keep or abstain from (an action or utterance). |
| gloaming |
late evening; dusk; twilight. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| spurn |
to reject, refuse, or treat with scorn; disdain; despise. |
| triage |
a system of determining priority of medical treatment, on the basis of need, chances of survival, and the like, to victims on a battlefield or in a hospital emergency ward. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |