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Physiognomy: the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.

Aver: To assert or affirm with confidence; declare in a positive or peremptory manner.

Jubilee: the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee), fiftieth (golden jubilee ), or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee ).

Elysium: Paradise.

Nosology: a classification or list of diseases.

Reprobate: an unprincipled or depraved person.

Caprice: A sudden desire.

Laconic: Brief and to the point. 

Malignity: Quality of having intense evil. 

Misanthropist: Someone who dislikes others.

Despondency: Feeling downcast.

Expedient: (of an action) convenient and practical although possibly improper or immoral.

Paroxysm: A sudden uncontrollable attack. 

Antipathy: Intense dislike. 

Cogitation: A carefully considering thought about something.

Obdurate: Stubbornly persist in wrongdoings.

Undulation: A wavelike motion to and fro in a fluid or elastic medium propagated continuously among its particles but with little or no permanent translation of the particles in the direction of the propagation.

Abeyance: Abeyance means "a state of temporary inactivity." The word itself is commonly preceded by the preposition in.

Gibbous: Marked by convexity or swelling.

Noisome: Offensive to the senses and especially to the sense of smell

Ennui: A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.

Halcyon: denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful.

Akimbo: with hands on the hips and elbows turned outward.

Translunary: located beyond the moon.

Piquancy: the quality of being pleasantly stimulating or exciting.

Avarice: extreme greed for wealth or material gain.

Vestige: a trace of something that is disappearing or no longer exists.

Proprietorial: behaving as if one owned a particular thing or person; possessive.

Wafture: the act of waving or a wavelike motion.

Nascent: (especially of a process or organization) just coming into existence and beginning to display signs of future potential.

Carouse: drink plentiful amounts of alcohol and enjoy oneself with others in a noisy, lively way.

Welkin: Sky or heaven.

Vivific: imparting spirit or vivacity.

Profligacy: reckless extravagance or wastefulness in the use of resources

Paracosm: A paracosm is a detailed imaginary world. Paracosms are thought generally to originate in childhood and to have one or numerous creators. The creator of a paracosm has a complex and deeply felt relationship with this subjective universe, which may incorporate real-world or imaginary characters and conventions.

Foible: a minor weakness or eccentricity in someone's character.

Acrimony: a rough and bitter manner.

Dilettante: an amateur engaging in an activity without serious intention.

Elan: enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness.

Ephemeral: lasting a very short time.

Equanimity: steadiness of mind under stress.

Facetious: cleverly amusing in tone.

Hedonist: someone motivated by desires for sensual pleasures.

Malinger: avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness.

Non sequitur: a reply that has no relevance to what preceded it.

Panacea: hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases.

Perfunctory: hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough.

Propriety: correct behavior. 

Red herring: something intended to distract attention from the main issue.

Scintillating: having brief brilliant points or flashes of light.

Supercilious: having or showing arrogant superiority.

Sycophant: a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage.

Paradisiacal: (of a place or state) ideal or idyllic; heavenly.

Nuptial: Relating to marriage or weddings.

Propitiate: win or regain the favor of (a god, spirit, or person) by doing something that pleases them.

Immemorial: originating in the distant past; very old.

Eidolon: an idealized person or thing.

Ataraxia: a state of serene calmness.

Menagerie: a collection of wild animals kept in captivity for exhibition.

Quixotic: extravagantly chivalrous or romantic; visionary, impractical, or impracticable.

Cavort: to prance or caper about.

Fubar: out of working order; seriously, perhaps irreparably, damaged.

Portent: a sign or warning that something, especially something momentous or calamitous, is likely to happen.

Subterfuge: deceit used in order to achieve one's goal.

Perspicacity: keenness of mental perception and understanding; discernment; penetration.

Curmudgeon: a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.

Peccadillo: a very minor or slight sin or offense; a trifling fault.

Supernal: being in or belonging to the heaven of divine beings; heavenly, celestial, or divine.

Loquacious: tending to talk a great deal; talkative.

Effulgent: (of a person or their expression) emanating joy or goodness.

Miscreant: a person who behaves badly or in a way that breaks the law.

Enantiodromia: the tendency of things to change into their opposites, especially as a supposed governing principle of natural cycles and of psychological development.

Univocal: (of a word or term) having only one possible meaning; unambiguous.

Exculpation: the act of freeing from guilt or blame.

Casuistry: the use of clever but unsound reasoning, especially in relation to moral questions; sophistry.

Punctilious: showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

Polemic: a speech or piece of writing expressing a strongly critical attack on or controversial opinion about someone or something.

Punitive: inflicting or intended as punishment.

Expiation: the act of making amends or reparation for guilt or wrongdoing; atonement.

Apocryphal: (of a story or statement) of doubtful authenticity, although widely circulated as being true.

Despotism: the exercise of absolute power, especially in a cruel and oppressive way.

Insuperable: (of a difficulty or obstacle) impossible to overcome.

Panoply: a complete or impressive collection of things.

Elision: the omission of a sound or syllable when speaking (as in I'm, let's, e ' en ).

Centrifugal: moving or tending to move away from a center.

Heterogeneity: the quality or state of being diverse in character or content.

Sagacious: having or showing keen mental discernment and good judgment; shrewd.

Dyad: something that consists of two elements or parts.

Locus: a particular position, point, or place.

Recidivist: a convicted criminal who reoffends, especially repeatedly.

Prolix: (of speech or writing) using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy.

Anodyne: not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so.

Edifice: a building, especially a large, imposing one.

Sepulcher: a small room or monument, cut in rock or built of stone, in which a dead person is laid or buried.

Milieu: a person's social environment.

Seditious: inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.

Neophyte: a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.

Precocity: exceptionally early or premature development (as of mental powers or sexual characteristics)

Indigent: poor; needy.

Interstices: an intervening space, especially a very small one.

Aperture: an opening, hole, or gap.

Inculcate: instill (an attitude, idea, or habit) by persistent instruction.

Ceilidh: a party, gathering, or the like, at which dancing, singing, and storytelling are the usual forms of entertainment.

Esplanade: a long, open, level area, typically beside the sea, along which people may walk for pleasure.

Tocsin: an alarm bell or signal.

Necropolis: a cemetery, especially a large one belonging to an ancient city.

Stolid: (of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation.

Cogency: the quality of being clear, logical, and convincing; lucidity.

Torpor: a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.

Puerile: childishly silly and trivial.

Diatribe: a forceful and bitter verbal attack against someone or something.

Debutante: an upper-class young woman making her first appearance in fashionable society.

Ersatz: not real or genuine.

Alacrity: brisk and cheerful readiness.

Askance: with an attitude or look of suspicion or disapproval.

Palatial: resembling a palace in being spacious and splendid.

Expatiate: speak or write at length or in detail.

Calumny: the making of false and defamatory statements about someone in order to damage their reputation; slander.

Oneiric: relating to dreams or dreaming.

Appassionato: impassioned; with passion or strong feeling.

Threnody: a lament.

Idée fixe: an idea or desire that dominates the mind; an obsession.

Quondam: that once was; former.

Raison d'être: the most important reason or purpose for someone or something's existence.

Meritorious: deserving reward or praise.

Infirmity: physical or mental weakness.

Eclectic: deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources.

Baleful: threatening harm; menacing.

Gracile: (of a person) slender or thin, especially in a charming or attractive way.

Exigency: an urgent need or demand.

Pathos: a quality that evokes pity or sadness.

Acumen: the ability to make good judgments and quick decisions, typically in a particular domain.

Apologue: a moral fable, especially one with animals as characters.

Imprecations: a spoken curse.

Antinomy: a contradiction between two beliefs or conclusions that are in themselves reasonable; a paradox.

Omphalos: the center or hub of something.

Exigency: an urgent need or demand.

Vertiginous: causing vertigo, especially by being extremely high or steep.

Mendacious: not telling the truth; lying.

Efficacy: the ability to produce a desired or intended result.

Indelible: (of ink or a pen) making marks that cannot be removed.

Pedagogical: relating to teaching.

Irascible: having or showing a tendency to be easily angered.

Effrontery: insolent or impertinent behavior.

Aphorism: a pithy observation that contains a general truth, such as, “if it ain't broke, don't fix it.”

Pithy: (of language or style) concise and forcefully expressive.

Divest: deprive (someone) of power, rights, or possessions.

Bight: a curve or recess in a coastline, river, or other geographical feature.

Swale: a low or hollow place, especially a marshy depression between ridges.

Anchorite: a religious recluse.

Truculent: eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

Proselytes: a person who has converted from one opinion, religion, or party to another.

Ignis fatuus: a will-o'-the-wisp / something deceptive or deluding.

Escarpment: a long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.

Euchred: (in the card game euchre) gain the advantage over (another player) by preventing them from taking three tricks.

Egress: the action of going out of or leaving a place.

Spancel: a rope for fettering or hobbling cattle, etc.

Antecedent: a thing or event that existed before or logically precedes another.

Lucent: glowing or giving off light. 

Enfilade: a volley of gunfire directed along a line from end to end.

Phantasmagoria: a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream.

Desiccate: : to dry up.

Putrescent: undergoing the process of decay; rotting.

Lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Crenelated: (of a wall or building) having battlements.

Nomenclature: the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline.

Somnolent: sleepy; drowsy.

Empyreal: : of or relating to the empyrean : CELESTIAL

Suzerain: a sovereign or state having some control over another state that is internally autonomous.

Vestibules: an antechamber, hall, or lobby next to the outer door of a building.

Chancel: the part of a church near the altar, reserved for the clergy and choir, and typically separated from the nave by steps or a screen.

Emulous: seeking to emulate or imitate someone or something.

Gaiety: the state or quality of being lighthearted or cheerful.

Iniquity: immoral or grossly unfair behavior.

Insensate: lacking physical sensation / lacking sympathy or compassion; unfeeling.

Pall: a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb.

Slatternly: dirty and untidy (typically used of a woman or her appearance).

Odious: extremely unpleasant; repulsive.

Eddy: a current of air or water running back, or in an opposite direction to the main current.

Diaphanous: (especially of fabric) light, delicate, and translucent.

Sedulous: (of a person or action) showing dedication and diligence.

Farrago: a confused mixture.

Ebullition: the action of bubbling or boiling.

Pecuniary: relating to or consisting of money.

Bellicose: demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight.

Nugatory: of no value or importance.

Rapacious: aggressively greedy or grasping.

Polymath: a person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning.

Autarkic: specifically : national economic self-sufficiency and independence

Anathema: something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.

Polyphonic: the style of simultaneously combining a number of parts, each forming an individual melody and harmonizing with each other.

Cerise: a bright or deep red color.

Affectation: behavior, speech, or writing that is artificial and designed to impress.

Dissimulation: concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretense.

Sinecure: a position requiring little or no work but giving the holder status or financial benefit.

Querulous: complaining in a petulant or whining manner.

Solicitude: care or concern fo r someone or something.

Valence: the combining power of an element, especially as measured by the number of hydrogen atoms it can displace or combine with.

Je ne sais quoi: a quality that cannot be described or named easily.

Perdition: (in Christian theology) a state of eternal punishment and damnation into which a sinful and unpenitent person passes after death.

Compeer: the equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.

Ignominy: public shame or disgrace.

Descry: catch sight of.

Portentous: : of, relating to, or constituting a portent

Sonorous: (of a person's voice or other sound) imposingly deep and full.

Cockety: 1. : pert, saucy. 2. : lively, brisk, merry.

Mimesis: representation or imitation of the real world in art and literature.

Heuristics: the study and use of heuristic techniques.

Demarcation: the action of fixing the boundary or limits of something.

Poultice: a soft, moist mass of material, typically of plant material or flour, applied to the body to relieve soreness and inflammation and kept in place with a cloth / apply a poultice to.

Inimitable: so good or unusual as to be impossible to copy; unique.

Granules: Granule is a small compact particle of a substance.

Manacles: a metal band, chain, or shackle for fastening someone's hands or ankles.

Aureate: denoting, made of, or having the color of gold / (of language) highly ornamented or elaborate.

Coruscating: flashing; sparkling.

Euphonic: having a pleasant sound.

Concertina: extend, compress, or collapse in folds like those of a concertina.

Ligature: a thing used for tying or binding something tightly.

Philippic: a bitter attack or denunciation, especially a verbal one.

Gelid: icy; extremely cold.

Insouciance: casual lack of concern; indifference.

Conflagration: an extensive fire which destroys a great deal of land or property.

Eidetic: relating to or denoting mental images having unusual vividness and detail, as if actually visible.

Couloir: a steep, narrow gully on a mountainside.

Contiguous: sharing a common border; touching.

Vorpal: resulting in or capable of causing death.

Garroting: kill (someone) by strangulation, typically with an iron collar or a length of wire or cord.

Harangue: a lengthy and aggressive speech.

Diapason: a grand swelling burst of harmony.

Foment: instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action).

Marcescent: (of leaves or fronds) withering but remaining attached to the stem.

Volant: (of an animal) able to fly or glide.

Clement: (of a person or a person's actions) merciful.

Perennially: in a way that continues for a long or apparently infinite time; permanently.

Ungues: a nail, claw, or fang.

Indefatigable: (of a person or their efforts) persisting tirelessly.

Juste milieu: the happy medium; judicious moderation.

Sequelae: a condition which is the consequence of a previous disease or injury.

Lambent: (of light or fire) glowing, gleaming, or flickering with a soft radiance.

Stalagmite: : a deposit of calcium carbonate like an inverted stalactite formed on the floor of a cave by the drip of calcareous water

Crepuscular: of, relating to, or resembling twilight; dim; indistinct.

Parlance: a particular way of speaking or using words, especially a way common to those with a particular job or interest.

Edification: the instruction or improvement of a person morally or intellectually.

Trenchant: vigorous or incisive in expression or style.

Otiose: serving no practical purpose or result.

Scunner: feel disgust or strong dislike.

Insouciant: showing a casual lack of concern; indifferent.

Puissance: great power, influence, or prowess.

Cupidity: greed for money or possessions.

Ribald: referring to sexual matters in an amusingly coarse or irreverent way.

Wroth: angry.

Concupiscence: strong sexual desire; lust.

Pestiferous: harboring infection and disease / constituting a pest or nuisance; annoying.

Ingénue: an innocent or unsophisticated young woman, especially in a play or film.

Canticle: a hymn or chant, typically with a biblical text, forming a regular part of a church service.

Lothario: a man who behaves selfishly and irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women.

Dais: a low platform for a lectern, seats of honor, or a throne.

Defenestrate: throw (someone) out of a window.

Reveille: a signal sounded especially on a bugle or drum to wake personnel in the armed forces.

Punctilious: showing great attention to detail or correct behavior.

Carping: continually complaining or finding fault about trivial matters; difficult to please.

Pendulous: hanging down loosely.

Gregarious: (of a person) fond of company; sociable.

Usurer: a person who lends money at unreasonably high rates of interest.

Apropos: with reference to; concerning.

Torpor: a state of physical or mental inactivity; lethargy.

Mephitic: (especially of a gas or vapor) foul-smelling; noxious.

Nostrum: a medicine, especially one that is not considered effective, prepared by an unqualified person / a pet project or favorite remedy, especially one for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement.

Narcosis: : a state of stupor, unconsciousness, or arrested activity produced by the influence of narcotics or other chemicals or physical agents see nitrogen narcosis.

Diptych: a painting, especially an altarpiece, on two hinged wooden panels which may be closed like a book.

Tabula rasa: Tabula rasa is the idea of individuals being born empty of any built-in mental content, so that all knowledge comes from later perceptions or sensory experiences. This idea is the central view posited in the theory of knowledge known as empiricism.

Ineluctable: unable to be resisted or avoided; inescapable.

Coterie: A circle of people who associate with one another for a common purpose.

Furore: an outbreak of public anger or excitement.

Assiduously: with great care and perseverance.

Paucity: smallness of number

Facsimile: an exact copy, especially of written or printed material.

Quash: reject or void, especially by legal procedure.

Virulent: (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects / bitterly hostile.

Pathogenicity: Pathogenicity refers to the ability of an organism to cause disease.

Expropriation: the action by the state or an authority of taking property from its owner for public use or benefit.

Circumspect: careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences.

Embryonic: (of a system, idea, or organization) in a rudimentary stage with potential for further development.

Proselytism: is the policy of attempting to convert people's religious or political beliefs.

Corollary: a direct or natural consequence or result.

Terra nullius: is a term that refers to a “territory without a master.” It is a term used in public international law to describe a space that can be inhabited but that does not belong to a state, meaning the land is not owned by anyone.

Lachrymose: tearful or given to weeping.

Penury: extreme poverty; destitution.

Exactions: a sum of money demanded for a payment or service.

Entente: a friendly understanding or informal alliance between states or factions.

Parsimonious: unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal.

Inchoate: just begun and so not fully formed or developed; rudimentary.

Aegis: the protection, backing, or support of a particular person or organization.

Execrable: extremely bad or unpleasant.

Prescient: in a way that suggests correctly what will happen in the future:

Obviate: remove (a need or difficulty).

Anathema: something or someone that one vehemently dislikes / a formal curse by a pope or a council of the Church, excommunicating a person or denouncing a doctrine.

Bifurcated: : divided into two branches or parts

Nous: common sense; practical intelligence / the mind or intellect.

Eschaton: the final event in the divine plan; the end of the world.

Aplomb: complete and confident composure or self-assurance.

Adulation: obsequious flattery; excessive admiration or praise.

Nostrum: a medicine, especially one that is not considered effective, prepared by an unqualified person / a pet project or favorite remedy, especially one for bringing about some social or political reform or improvement.

Corpuscle: a minute particle regarded as the basic constituent of matter or light.

Atavistic: happening because of a very old habit from a long time ago in human history, not because of a conscious decision or because it is necessary now

Truncate: shorten the duration or extent of / (of a leaf, feather, or other part) ending abruptly as if cut off across the base or tip.

Prefigure: be an early indication or version of (something).

Epiphenomenon: : a secondary phenomenon accompanying another and caused by it.

Dictum: a formal pronouncement from an authoritative source.

Hegemony: leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others.

Gemeinschaft: social relations between individuals, based on close personal and family ties; community.

Moribund: (of a person) at the point of death / (of a thing) in terminal decline; lacking vitality or vigor.

Nouveau riche: people who have recently acquired wealth, typically those perceived as ostentatious or lacking in good taste.

Credo: a statement of the beliefs or aims which guide someone's actions.

Verboten; forbidden, especially by an authority.

Auri sacra fames: accursed hunger for gold

Pièce de résistance: an outstanding item or event. 

Recalcitrant: having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.

Acerbic: (especially of a comment or style of speaking) sharp and forthright.

Vestures: clothing; dress.

Sillage: the degree to which a perfume's fragrance lingers in the air when worn.

Jingoistic: characterized by extreme patriotism, especially in the form of aggressive or warlike foreign policy.

Lightsome: free from care : lighthearted: airy, nimble

Apoplexy: incapacity or speechlessness caused by extreme anger.

Inimical: tending to obstruct or harm.

Plaintive: sounding sad and mournful.

Preponderant: predominant in influence, number, or importance.

Incontrovertible: not able to be denied or disputed.

Tautology: the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style (e.g., they arrived one after the other in succession ).

Aggrandisement: the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something.

Conciliation: the action of stopping someone from being angry; placation.

Rentier: a person living on income from property or investments.

Vicissitudes: a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant.

Antipode: : the exact opposite or contrary

Philistinism: Philistinism is the attitude or quality of not caring about, understanding, or liking good art, music, or literature.

Rapacious: aggressively greedy or grasping.

Panegyric: a public speech or published text in praise of someone or something.

Espied/espy: catch sight of.

Flanderization: Flanderization is the process through which a fictional character's essential traits are oversimplified to the point where they constitute their entire personality, or at least exaggerated while other traits remain, over the course of a serial work.

Atavistic: relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.

Obelus: a symbol (†) used as a reference mark in printed matter, or to indicate that a person is deceased.

Anathema: something or someone that one vehemently dislikes.

Chimera: : an illusion or fabrication of the mind

Obloquy: strong public criticism or verbal abuse.

Anomie: lack of the usual social or ethical standards in an individual or group.

Lacuna: an unfilled space or interval; a gap.

Encomium: a speech or piece of writing that praises someone or something highly.

Penumbra: : a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light.

Campanulate: (of a flower) bell-shaped, as in a campanula.

Delectation: pleasure and delight.

Hermetic: (of a seal or closure) complete and airtight / relating to an ancient occult tradition encompassing alchemy, astrology, and theosophy.

Remonstrance: a forcefully reproachful protest.

Bromide: a trite and unoriginal idea or remark, typically intended to soothe or placate.

Seraphic: characteristic of or resembling a seraph or seraphim.

Lugubrious: looking or sounding sad and dismal.

Beldam: a malicious and ugly woman, especially an old one; a witch.

Hale: (of a person, especially an elderly one) strong and healthy.

Ablation: the surgical removal of body tissue / the removal of snow and ice by melting or evaporation, typically from a glacier or iceberg.

Hecatomb: (in ancient Greece or Rome) a great public sacrifice, originally of a hundred oxen.

Endogenous: growing or originating from within an organism.

Plaint: a complaint; a lamentation.

Repatriate: send (someone) back to their own country.

Ablution: a ceremonial act of washing parts of the body or sacred containers.

Mercurial: (of a person) subject to sudden or unpredictable changes of mood or mind.

Presage: (of an event) be a sign or warning that (something, typically something bad) will happen.

Dappled: marked with spots or rounded patches.

Garrulous: excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters.

Adamantine: unbreakable.

Helter-skelter: involving disorderly haste or confusion.

Dyspeptic: ill humor. 

Prima facie: based on the first impression; accepted as correct until proved otherwise.

Legato: in a smooth flowing manner, without breaks between notes.

Grouse: complain pettily; grumble

Proisoden: : an ancient Greek processional hymn sung by a chorus approaching the temple or altar of a god

Hyporchema: : an ancient Greek choral song and dance usually in honor of Apollo or Dionysus

Paean: a song of praise or triumph.

Denigrate: criticize unfairly; disparage.

Moiety: each of two parts into which a thing is or can be divided.

Palmy: (especially of a previous period of time) flourishing or successful.

Jocund: cheerful and lighthearted.

Bruit: spread (a report or rumor) widely.

Calumnious: (of a statement) false and defamatory; slanderous.

Blastments: A sudden strike or injury; a pernicious thing.

Appurtenances: an accessory or other item associated with a particular activity or style of living.

Carbunucle: a severe abscess or multiple boil in the skin, typically infected with staphylococcus bacteria / something, especially a building, that is unsightly or visually intrusive.

Mobled: : being wrapped or muffled in or as if in a hood

Inoculate: immunize (someone) against a disease by introducing infective material, microorganisms, or vaccine into the body.

Unction: the action of anointing someone with oil or ointment as a religious rite or as a symbol of investiture as a monarch.

Heterodox: not conforming with accepted or orthodox standards or beliefs.

Stochastic: randomly determined; having a random probability distribution or pattern that may be analyzed statistically but may not be predicted precisely.

Schadenfreude: pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.

Oblique: neither parallel nor at a right angle to a specified or implied line; slanting.

Parquet: flooring composed of wooden blocks arranged in a geometric pattern.

Archly: in an amused way that suggests you know more about something than someone else does.

Chthonic: concerning, belonging to, or inhabiting the underworld.

Repartee: conversation or speech characterized by quick, witty comments or replies.

Chiaroscuro: the treatment of light and shade in drawing and painting.

Surcease: cessation.

Mea culpa: an acknowledgment of one's fault or error.

Peripatetic: traveling from place to place, in particular working or based in various places for relatively short periods.

Chrysopoeia: In alchemy, the term chrysopoeia (from Ancient Greek χρυσοποιία (khrusopoiía) 'gold-making') refers to the artificial production of gold, most commonly by the alleged transmutation of base metals such as lead.

Rebarbative: unattractive and objectionable.

Antiphony: antiphonal singing, playing, or chanting.

Psychical: another term for psychic (sense 1 of the adjective).

Anachronism: a thing belonging or appropriate to a period other than that in which it exists, especially a thing that is conspicuously old-fashioned.

Abstruse: difficult to understand; obscure.

Patina: an appearance or aura that is derived from association, habit, or established character / a superficial covering or exterior

Apotropaic: supposedly having the power to avert evil influences or bad luck.

Adumbrate: report or represent in outline / foreshadow or symbolize.

Bathos: (especially in a work of literature) an effect of anticlimax created by an unintentional lapse in mood from the sublime to the trivial or ridiculous.

Baroque: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension.

Exegesis: critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially of scripture.

Concentric: of or denoting circles, arcs, or other shapes which share the same center, the larger often completely surrounding the smaller.

Inconcinnity: : lack of suitability or congruity : inelegance

Solicitude: care or concern for someone or something.