| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| avow |
to assert or affirm. |
| canny |
difficult to fool or take advantage of; shrewd; wary; clever. |
| despoil |
to forcefully take belongings or goods from; plunder. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| halcyon |
tranquil; peaceful; calm. |
| inadvertent |
not planned or intended; unintentional. |
| inveigle |
to entice or ensnare by clever talk or flattery. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| pinchbeck |
false, sham, or counterfeit. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| salacious |
excited by lust; lecherous. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |