pedestrian
Adj: ordinary or dull
bona fide
Adj: in good faith
adventitious
Adj: accidental; nonessential
fecund
Adj: fertile; productive
deviate
V: to turn aside from a course; to stray
obfuscate
V: to confuse; to bewilder
impale
V: to pierce with a sharp stake through the body
extenuate
V: to lessen seriousness by providing partial excuses
parochial
Adj: local; narrow; limited
glower
V: to stare angrily
edify
V: to improve someone morally
ambiguous
Adj: open to more than one interpretation
cataclysm
N: a violent change
optimum
Adj: best; most favorable; ideal
importune
V: to ask persistently; to beg
celibate
Adj: abstaining from intercourse; unmarried
fortuitous
Adj: happening by chance or accident
recapitulate
V: to summarize; to repeat briefly
perfunctory
Adj: done without care; in a routine fashion
baroque
Adj: overly decorated
hedonism
N: pursuit of pleasure, especially of the senses
obloquy
N: strong disapproval; a bad reputation resulting from public criticism
debacle
N: a complete failure; a total collapse
quasi-
Adj: resembling; seeming; half
besmirch
V: to make dirty; to stain
imperative
Adj: extremely necessary; vitally important
sacrosanct
Adj: extremely holy
sadistic
Adj: deriving pleasure from inflicting pain on others
demeanor
N: behavior; manner of conducting oneself
facetious
Adj: comical; jocular; flippant