| apposite |
fitting; pertinent; appropriate. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| cachet |
prestige. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| extirpate |
to get rid of completely, as if by pulling up the roots; root out. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| ingenuous |
having or showing simplicity and lack of sophistication; artless. |
| maladroit |
not skillful; clumsy; tactless. |
| misanthrope |
someone who hates or distrusts humanity. |
| neologism |
a new word, phrase, or usage. |
| periphrasis |
an indirect or roundabout way of phrasing something; circumlocution. |
| precursory |
coming before and serving to indicate what will follow; premonitory. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |
| voluble |
characterized by a steady flow of words; fluent; talkative. |