| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| demarcate |
to set apart or separate, as if with boundaries. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| fledge |
to grow flight feathers. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
| pungent |
sharp and strong in taste or smell. |
| revetment |
a facing of stone, masonry, or the like to support or protect a wall, embankment, or mound of earth. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| somatic |
of or pertaining to the body itself; corporeal. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |