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Adjective: uncouth Pronunciation: (ún’kooth) Uncouth meaning: Lacking refinement, good manners, cultivation or taste. Wild or remote place. Synonyms: coarse, boorish, vulgar, loutish Quotations: Dante Alighieri – Uncouth tongues, horrible shrieking of despair, shrill and faint …

Verb: unnerve Pronunciation: (un’nurv) Unnerve meaning: Disturb the composure of. To make someone feel afraid or upset and unable to think clearly. Synonyms: demoralize, enervate, faze, rattle, emasculate Quotations: Ken Hitchcock – I don’t think …

Adjective: ursine Pronunciation: (ur,sin) Ursine meaning: Of or relating to a bear or the bear family.Characteristics of  a bear. Quotations: David Foster – When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of …

Noun: usury Pronunciation: (yoo-zhu-ree) Usury meaning: The act of lending money at an exorbitant(very high) rate of interest. An exorbitant or very unlawful rate of interest. usuries Quotations: John Maynard Keynes – For at least another hundred …

Adjective: urbane Pronunciation: (ur’beyn) Urbane meaning: Showing a very high degree of refinement and greater assurance that comes from wide social experience. Synonyms: polished, refined, svelte, sophisticated, suave. Quotations: Ralph Waldo Emerson – Bookworm, break this …

Adjective: unwieldy Pronunciation: (un’weel-dee) Unwieldy meaning: not easily managed, handled or used because of bulk mass, weight, complexity or awkwardness. Very difficult to manipulate or work Lacking grace in movement He almost dropped the unwieldy …

Noun: unguent Pronunciation: (ung-gwunt) Unguent meaning:  a soothing or healing salve (medicine) semisolid preparation applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation Synonyms: balm, ointment, salve, unction Quotations: Gaear Grimsrud – I need unguent. You are a …