| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| curmudgeon |
an irritable or ill-tempered person. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| distraught |
mentally or emotionally unbalanced; crazed. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| extort |
to extract or obtain (money or the like) by force, threats, or abuse of authority. |
| extrude |
to force out; expel. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| imprimatur |
any official permission or sanction. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| naturalism |
in literature, a method of depicting life that reflects a philosophy of determinism. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| reconnaissance |
the act or process of examining an area, especially to gain militarily useful information. |
| splenetic |
ill-tempered or spiteful. |
| stipple |
a method of painting, drawing, or engraving by applying small points, dots, or dabs to a surface. |