• transmute - to change in form, nature, or substance
  • marchioness - wife or widow of a marquess/marquise
  • harridan - A strict, bossy, or belligerent old woman
  • besmirch - Damage the reputation of (someone or something) in the opinion of others
  • imputation - a statement attributing something dishonest
  • blackball - to reject
  • peregrination - A travel or journey, especially by foot
  • elucidate - Make (something) clear; explain
  • yuletide - Christmas: period extending from Dec. 24 to Jan. 6
  • masticate - to chew
  • boor - A rude, ill-mannered person
  • spittoon - A metal or earthenware pot typically having a funnel-shaped top, used for spitting into
  • tureen - A deep covered dish from which soup is served
  • bedlamite - an archaic term for a lunatic
  • jibboom - a spar that extends the bowsprit (on a ship)
  • Diogenes - Greek philosopher. The most noted of the Cynics, he emphasized self-sufficiency and the need for natural, uninhibited behavior, regardless of social conventions
  • pisco - A white brandy made in Peru from muscat grapes
  • vouchsafe - Give or grant (something) to (someone) in a gracious or condescending manner
  • emollient - Attempting to avoid confrontation or anger; soothing or calming
  • polymath - A person of wide-ranging knowledge or learning
  • scrimshander - The manufacture of handcrafts by sailors on long voyages, especially as whittled from wood or bone
  • schooner - A sailing ship with two or more masts, typically with the foremast smaller than the mainmast, and having gaff-rigged lower masts
  • careen - Turn (a ship) on its side for cleaning, caulking, or repair
  • blithely - happily: in a joyous manner; "they shouted happily"
  • circumvallate
  • ingress
  • lee
  • bovine
  • torpor
  • pockmark
  • pustular
  • hoarfrost
  • excoriate
  • nephrite
  • swill
  • bordello
  • debaucher
  • ursine
  • astraddle
  • in flagrante delicto - latin for "in blazing offence"
  • riotocracy - violent or disorderly rule
  • remonstrate
  • filly
  • abase
  • poxed
  • obdurate
  • rota
  • demotic
  • arcana
  • somnambulant
  • tatterdemalion
  • renegado
  • quadroon
  • repast
  • nomenclature
  • hugger-mugger
  • importune
  • evince
  • woebegone
  • terraqueous
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