Adroit β clever, resourceful
Adventive β not native or well-established
Adytum β a sacred place that is forbidden to enter; a shrine
Alate β having wings, winged
Anamnesis β the recollection or remembrance of the past
Apposite β very apt or applicable to the moment
Atelier β workshop or studio
Beldam β a witch, an old woman (rude)
Bespeak β to show; indicate; to speak to
Bilious β unpleasant, peevish
Boscage β a mass of trees or shrub
Braird β to sprout; the first shoots of a plant
Burled β having small knots that produce a distorted grain in the wood
Calvous β bald or near-bald
Canticle β a song, hymn, or poem of praise
Churlish β boorish or rude; stingy; mean
Cimmerian β very dark; gloomy; deep
Conciliate β to placate, to win over, to win the goodwill of
Concomitant β accompanying
Copacetic β very satisfactory, fine
Cortege β a ceremonial procession; a retinue
Countervail β to counteract, to compensate for, to battle an opposing force
Crepitate β to make a crackling sound
Dipsomania β an irresistible craving for alcoholic drink
Draconian β excessively harsh, severe
Effulgent β brilliantly radiant
Elegiac β expressing sorrow, relating to mourning
Excogitate β to devise; to study intently
Execrable β wretched, detestable
Expostulate β to reason earnestly with someone against something that the person intends to do or has done
Feckless β weak, irresponsible
Fusty β having a stale smell; moldy; out-of-fashion; fogeyish
Gasconade β boastful talk; to boast
Inculcate β to teach or impress by frequent repetition or instruction
Intransigent β uncompromising
Knavery β unprincipled dealing; trickery
Lapidary β engraved in stone, the art of chiseling
Largesse β generosity; gifts or favors given
Lassitude β tiredness or apathy
Limerence β an involuntary emotional state where someone feels intense romantic desire for another
Lummox β a clumsy, stupid person
Mendacity β tendency to lie
Mettle β courage; temperament; disposition
Mordant β biting, incisive, pungent
Operose β done with or involving much labor; industriousness in a person
Opuscule β a minor work, a small book
Parsimonious β frugal, restrained
Perdition β damnation, Hell, utter destruction
Pernicious β causing serious harm, malicious, wicked
Peroration β a long speech characterized by lofty or pompous language
Persnickety β fussy; snobbish; particular
Pied β having patches of many colors
Postprandial β happening or done after a meal
Prevaricate β to depart from or evade the truth
Profligacy β reckless extravagance; abundance of something
Procellous β stormy, as the sea
Quean β a hussy, a shrew, a prostitute
Rapine β the act of plundering
Rebarbative β irritating, repellent
Rhadamanthine β harshly strict
Serry β to crowd closely together
Screed β a long diatribe; an informal letter, account, or other piece of writing
Solecism β a breach of etiquette; any error, impropriety, or inconsistencyΒ
Stertor β a heavy snoring sound
Tramontane β being or situated beyond the mountains; foreign; barbarous
Viridian β a blue-green color
Weald β wooded or uncultivated countryΒ