Abstruse (adj)
Very difficult to understand, abstract
Curmudgeon (n)
A bad tempered person
Disingenuous (adj)
Lacking in sincerity
Ecumenical (adj)
Worldwide or universal in influence
Exigency / Exigencies (n)
Urgency, pressing need, emergency
Flotsam (n)
Floating debris; a homeless person
Glean (v)
To gather bit by bit; to collect grain leftover from reaping
Hallow (v)
To honor something as sacred, revere, sanctify
Harbinger (n / v)
A thing or person that signals or reports the approach of another; to signal the approach of something
Idiosyncrasy (n)
A peculiarity or attribute that sets something apart from others
Imbue (v)
To soak or stain; to fill the mind (with knowledge, information)
Inane (adj)
Empty of meaning or value; silly, stupid
Lampoon (n / v)
Ridiculing satire; to satirize
Maudlin (adj)
Excessively emotional or sentimental, mushy
Mundane (adj)
Relating to practical and material affairs, worldly; ordinary, dull
Protocol (n)
Regulations that control official, and often bureaucratic, behavior; a set of rules usually applied in court, government, and related official environments
Pusillanimous (adj)
Contemptibly cowardly
Rapacity (n)
Excessive greed; a characteristic quality of acquiring one's desires through force or plunder
Vagary (n)
An unpredictable / unexpected occurrence, action, or change in one's behavior
Wizened (adj)
Shriveled, weakened, or wrinkled, often by old age
Acuity (n)
Sharpness of the mind and senses
Bastion (n)
Fortified place, stronghold; an institution strongly upholding certain beliefs
Concord (n)
State of agreement; a treaty
Derelict (n/adj)
Something abandoned (as n); abandoned (as adj)
Diatribe (n)
A rant, prolonged verbal attack
Enervate (v)
To weaken the mental, moral, or physical vigor of
Fastidious (adj)
Overly demanding; excessively careful in regard to details; easily disgusted
Expound (v)
To explain
Garner (v)
To acquire from great effort; to gather and store
Ignominy (n)
Shame, disgrace
Incumbent (adj / n)
required; holder of office
Indubitable (adj)
certain, not to be doubted
Mordant (adj)
Burning in manner or thought; bitterly harsh
Neophyte (n)
A novice
Overweening (adj)
Failing to see the appropriate limits; immoderate
Pecuniary (adj)
Related to money
Penchant (n)
A strong inclination
Sophistry (n)
Reasoning that seems plausible but is in reality flawed; a fallacy
Stigmatize (v)
To mark something as disgraceful
utilitarian (adj)
Stressing practicality over other considerations; belief that the usefulness is the best quality in something
Atrophy (n./v.)
Wasting away of organs or tissue; any progressive decline; to waste away
Complicity (n.)
The involvement in an action (often bad)
Cognizant (adj.)
Aware; having jurisdiction
Delineate (v.)
To describe in detail; to represent with a picture
Efficacy (n.)
Effectiveness
Esoteric (adj.)
Intended for only a select few; secret
Fecund (adj.)
Productive regarding offspring or intellect
Frenetic (adj.)
Highly agitated, hurried
Grouse (n./v.)
A complaint; to complain
Indictment (n.)
A charge, accusation, serious critisism
Jocular (adj.)
Joking, humorous
Moot (adj.)
Of little or no practicle meaning
Nemesis (n.)
A force inflicting punishment; an considerable rival
Nettle (n./v.)
A prickly plant; to annoy, disturb
Nuance (n.)
A subtle variation or characteristic in something
Perspicacity (n.)
Keenness in observation or understanding
Recumbnt (adj.)
Reclining
Reputed (adj.)
According to general belief or regard; having widespread acceptance
Stratagem (n.)
A strategy used to outwit an opponent
Ubiquitous (adj.)
Existing everywhere