| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| consummate |
of the highest order or degree. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| emote |
to express or simulate feelings, especially in an exaggerated or theatrical manner. |
| emulous |
filled with the desire to equal or surpass. |
| harrow |
to go over or break up with a harrow. |
| impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| occlude |
to close or obstruct (a passage or opening, one's vision, or the like). |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| solecism |
a gross violation of convention in grammar, etiquette, or the like; impropriety. |
| stentorian |
extremely loud and powerful. |
| trabeated |
using horizontal beams or lintels as supports instead of arches. |