| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| cognizant |
aware; informed (usually followed by "of"). |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| cyst |
a small pouch within body tissue that is filled with fluid or air. Some cysts are connected with serious disease, but most are not harmful at all. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| ineptitude |
incompetence; lack of skill. |
| lugubrious |
sad or mournful, especially in an exaggerated way; gloomy. |
| mahatma |
(sometimes capitalized) in Buddhism and theosophy, any of a class of persons revered for their wisdom and love of humanity. |
| malfeasance |
an illegal act or wrongdoing, especially by a public official. |
| obscurantism |
a deliberate lack of clarity or directness of expression, as in certain styles of art or literature. |
| pedagogy |
the act, process, or profession of teaching. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| transpose |
to exchange the position or order of (two things). |