fastidious
giving careful attention to detail; hard to please; excessively concerned with cleanliness
frowzled
in disarray; extremely disorderly
hovel
small crude shelter used as a dwelling
garnet
any of a group of hard glassy minerals (silicates of various metals) used as gemstones and as an abrasive
mottle
mark with spots or blotches of different color or shades of color as if stained
scurrilous
expressing offensive reproach
dapple
a small contrasting part of something
mordant
harshly ironic or sinister
pucker
to gather something into small wrinkles or folds
sinew
a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment
carcinogen
any substance that produces cancer
gauge
a measuring instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity such as the thickness of wire or the amount of rain etc.
