word: asperity

asperity 

Definition:	(noun) Harshness of manner; ill temper or irritability.
Synonyms:	sharpness
Usage:	Mr. Nickleby looked very indignant at the handmaid on being thus corrected, and demanded with much asperity what she meant. Discuss.

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word: picayune

picayune 

Definition:	(adjective) Of little value or importance; paltry.
Synonyms:	fiddling, footling, niggling, piddling, piffling, trivial, petty, lilliputian, little
Usage:	Giving a police officer a free meal may be against the law, but it seems to be a picayune infraction. Discuss.

word: cantankerous

cantankerous 

Definition:	(adjective) Ill-tempered and quarrelsome; disagreeable.
Synonyms:	bloody-minded
Usage:	I am an extremely considerate neighbor, yet the cantankerous old lady next door is constantly lodging complaints about me with our landlord. Discuss.

word: disembarrass

disembarrass 

Definition:	(verb) Relieve from.
Synonyms:	rid, free
Usage:	Lord Lundie strove to disembarrass himself of his accoutrements much as an ill-trained … dog tries to escape backwards through his frilled collar. Discuss.

word: footling

footling 

Definition:	(adjective) (Informal) Small and of little importance.
Synonyms:	fiddling, niggling, picayune, piddling, piffling, trivial, petty, lilliputian, little
Usage:	His footling gestures were insufficient to win back my favor. Discuss.

WORD: ENDEAVOR

endeavor 

Definition:	(verb) Attempt by employing effort.
Synonyms:	strive
Usage:	The candidate promised to endeavor to improve the quality of life in the inner city, but once in office, she did nothing of the sort. Discuss.

Word: INEXPUGNABLE

inexpugnable 

Definition:	(adjective) Incapable of being overcome, challenged, or refuted.
Synonyms:	impregnable
Usage:	I felt the inexpugnable strength of common sense being insidiously menaced by this gruesome, by this insane, delusion. Discuss.