| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| crass |
lacking in sensitivity or refinement; crude. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| exegesis |
a critical explanation or interpretive analysis, especially of religious texts. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| imprecation |
a curse, uttered or thought of. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| indomitable |
too strong to be subdued or discouraged; unconquerable. |
| inquest |
a legal investigation, usually involving a jury, especially a coroner's investigation of a suspicious death. |
| malapropism |
the humorous or ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by using a word that sounds similar to the correct word, but whose meaning is inappropriate. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| sepsis |
infection, especially by pus-forming bacteria in the blood or tissues. |
| shyster |
a person, usually a lawyer, who uses underhanded, unethical methods. |