words i've never seen before.

A

• Autocratic: Taking no account of other people's wishes or opinions; domineering.

C

• Cynosure: A person or thing that is the center of attention or admiration.

D

• Dalliance: A casual romantic or sexual relationship / A brief or casual involvement with something.
• Demesne: Land attached to a manor and retained for the owner's own use / Possession of real property in one's own right.
• Demiurge: A being responsible for the creation of the universe.

P

• Pernicious: Having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.

R

• Recalcitrant: Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline.

U

• Unctuous: (of a person) excessively or ingratiatingly flattering; oily.