- alacrity: a quick and cheerful readiness to do something
- asinine: extremely or utterly foolish
- bilious: having or causing a sick feeling in the stomach; feeling or causing nausea; of or indicative of a peevish ill-natured disposition; very unpleasant to look at
- blandishment: something that tends to coax or cajole
- charnel: of, like, or fit for a charnel; deathlike; sepulchral
- credulous: ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence
- diaphanous: characterized by extreme delicacy of form: ethereal; characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through
- dilatory: tending or intended to cause delay, characterized by procrastination
- ephemera: something of no lasting significance
- eschew: to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds: shun
- facile: done or achieved with little effort, easy
- filial: of or relating to a son or daughter; appropriate for a son or daughter
- fugue: a piece of music in which tunes are repeated in complex patterns
- gibbous: marked by convexity or swelling; having a hump (i.e. humpbacked)
- ignominious: marked with or characterized by disgrace or shame: dishonorable
- impinge: to strike or dash especially with a sharp collision, to have an effect, make an impression
- inchoate: not completely formed or developed yet; being only partly in existence or operation
- incongruous: strange because of not agreeing with what is usual or expected
- indelible: that cannot be removed, washed away, or erased; making marks that cannot easily be removed
- ineffable: too great, powerful, beautiful, etc., to be described or expressed
- injunction: an order from a court of law that says something must be done or must not be done
- insouciance: a relaxed and calm state; a feeling of not worrying about anything
- inviolate: not violated or profaned
- jocund: marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness
- lambent: softly bright or radiant; marked by lightness or brilliance especially of expression
- lucent: glowing with light, luminous; marked by clarity or translucence
- macabre: involving death or violence in a way that is strange, frightening, or unpleasant
- nascent: beginning to exist, recently formed or developed
- numinous: having a mysterious, holy, or spiritual quality
- obeisance: a movement of the body made in token of respect or submission, acknowledgment of another's superiority or importance
- obsequious: too eager to help or obey someone important
- opprobrium: very strong disapproval or criticism of a person or thing especially by a large number of people
- paean: a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph, a work that praises or honors its subject
- penitent: feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
- penitent: feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses
- perpetuity: the state of continuing forever or for a very long time
- precocious: exceptionally early in development or occurrence; exhibiting mature qualities at an unusually early age
- quotidian: occurring every day; commonplace, ordinary
- rapacious: always wanting more money, possessions, etc.: wanting more than is needed or deserved
- redolent: full of a specified fragrance
- rictus: a gaping grin or grimace
- sacrosanct: treated as if holy: immune from criticism or violation
- sere: being dried and withered
- sibilant: making or having a sound like the letters s or sh
- sussuration: a whispering sound
- ululate: howl, wail
- unavailing: not useful or successful
- vagary: an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion
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