acrimonious
bitter and caustic in temper, manner speech
agnostic
a person who believes that the human mind cannot know whether there is a God or an ultimate cause
alacrity
eager willingness or readiness often manifested by quick, lively action
apropos
fitting to the occasion, relevant
atavism
appearance in an individual of some characteristic found in a remote ancestor but not in nearer ancestors
billingsgate
foul, vulgar, abusive talk
cathartic
purging, effecting catharsis [the purification or relieving of emotional tensions, esp. by art]
circumlocution
a roundabout, indirect, or lengthy way of expressing something
commiserate
to feel or show sorrow or pity for
contiguous
adjacent, touching along all or most of one side
diffident
lacking self-confidence, timid, shy
duplicity
hypocritical cunning or deception, double-dealing
empirical
relying or based on practical experience without reference to scientific principals or relying or based solely on experiment and observation rather than theory
equivocate
to mislead, to hedge, to be deliberately ambiguous
fastidious
refined in too dainty or oversensitive way, so as to be disgusted easily or not easy to please, very critical/discriminating
fortuitous
happening by chance, accidental or bring [or happening by] good luck, fortunate
germane
truly relevant, pertinent, to the point
heinous
outrageously wicked or evil, abominable
inculcate
to impress upon the mind by frequent repetition or persistent urging
indigenous
native, existing or growing naturally in a region/ country or innate, inherent, inborm
intrepid
brave, not afraid, bold, fearless
lexicon
the special vocabulary of a particular author, field of study or a record or inventory [a notable case in the lexicon of subversion]
ostracize
to banish, bar, exclude
petulant
impatient or irritable esp. over a petty annoyance
sententious
full of, or fond of using, maxims, proverbs, sayings esp. in a way that is ponderously trite and moralizing
obnubilate
to darken, dim, cloud over or obscure
keb
a ewe that has lost her lamb, or whose lamb is still-born
pandowdy
a dessert, usually of apples, baked in a deep dish and topped with a crust which is broken up into the fruit midway through cooking
twitterpated
1. love struck, besotted
2. Thrilled, excited, obsesses
3. Foolish, silly; flighty, scatterbrained
flotsam
1. floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo; broadly: floating debris
2. a floating population (as of emigrants or castaways)
3. miscellaneous or unimportant material
4. debris, remains
jetsam
the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore
oxymoron
a paradox reduced to two words, usually in a adjective-noun or adverb-adjective relation ship, and is used for effect, complexity, emphasis, or wit
allusion
a short, informal reference to a famous person or event
trochee
(trochaic) a metrical unit with stressed + unstressed syllables