| apprehensive |
feeling fearful about future events. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usually defamatory to someone. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| disallow |
to refuse to allow or admit; reject. |
| expatiate |
to discuss something at great length; describe in great detail. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| froward |
unwilling to agree or obey; stubborn; perverse. |
| germane |
having relevance to a given matter; pertinent; significant. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| stanch1 |
to cause (a liquid, especially blood) to stop flowing. |
| vouchsafe |
to grant or give with condescension or as a special favor. |
| woebegone |
displaying or full of distress. |