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Asperity 1100 Words You Need Week 15 Day 4

Asperity 1100 Words You Need Asperity 1100 Words You Need /əˈsper.ɪ.ti/ (noun) the state of being severe and harsh in the way you speak or behave, harshness and severity in manner and tone, toughness, sharpness, brusqueness, sternness, astringency, stringency: In his Preface he says: ‘If the asperity of the notes and criticisms of my adversaries have here and there tinged my style, or led me astray from the narrow line of mere vindication, I am heartily sorry for it.’ Source: http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/ One day, in the perverseness of youth, I spoke with asperity to my mother. Vexed at heart, she sat ...

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