| aleatory |
pertaining to or depending on luck, chance, or contingency. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| belie |
to give a false impression of. |
| cloture |
in U.S. parliamentary procedure, a method of ending debate and causing an immediate vote on the matter being discussed. |
| epistemology |
the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, nature, and limits of human knowledge. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| intersperse |
to place or scatter among other things. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| maverick |
a person who thinks and behaves independently, especially one who refuses to adhere to the orthodoxy of the group to which he or she belongs. |
| modular |
designed with standardized units that may be arranged or connected in a variety of ways. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| repose2 |
to put or place (confidence, hope, or the like) in someone or something. |
| unscathed |
not hurt or harmed; completely uninjured. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |