| aggregate |
a sum, combination, or composite of separable elements. |
| cantankerous |
irritable, stubborn, and quarrelsome. |
| centripetal |
forced or moving inward toward a center point or axis. |
| coir |
the fiber made from coconut husks, used for matting, rope, or the like. |
| decedent |
in law, one who has died. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| euphoria |
a strong feeling of well-being or elation, sometimes unrealistic or unwarranted, and able to be induced by certain drugs. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| homily |
any discourse offering moral advice or admonitions. |
| minatory |
presenting a threat; menacing. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| ontogeny |
the process of biological growth and development of a particular living organism. |
| 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. |
| travesty |
something so grotesque or inferior as to seem a parody. |