- Poltroon: noun 1. a wretched coward; craven. adjective 2. marked by utter cowardice.
- Palaver: talk that is not important or meaningful;excitement and activity caused by something that is not important. 1) a long parley usually between persons of different cultures or levels of sophistication; 2) idle talk or misleading or beguiling speech.
- Antediluvian: of or belonging to the period before the Flood. Gen. 7, 8. OR Very old, old-fashioned, or out of date; antiquated; primitive.
- Nyctophilia: a love or preference for night, darkness
- Sybaritic: pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
- Profligate: utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute. Recklessly prodigal or extravagant.
- Epistolary: contained in or carried on by letters: an epistolary friendship. Of, pertaining to, or consisting of letters.
- Parlous: Perilous; dangerous
- Obtuse: 1. Lacking quickness of perception or intellect or sensitivity. Not distinctly felt. Not sharp, pointed, or acute in form; blunt.
- Churlish boorish or rude behavior; mean; difficult to work or deal with, as soil.
- Feckless: ineffective; incompetent; futile; 2. having no sense of responsibility; indifferent; lazy.
- Frisson: a sudden, passing sensation of excitement; a shudder of emotion; thrill
- Ineluctable: adj. Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable
- Solipsistic: n. 1. Philosophy. the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist. 2. extreme preoccupation with and indulgence of one's feelings, desires, etc.; egoistic self-absorption.
- Prevaricate: v. To speak falsely or misleadingly; deliberately misstate or create an incorrect impression; lie.
- Soubriquet: n. a nickname
- Obstreperous: adj. 1. resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly. 2. noisy, clamorous, or boisterous
- Convivial: adj. 1. friendly; agreeable 2. fond of feasting, drinking, and merry company; jovial. 3. of or befitting a feast; festive.
- Recalcitrant: adj. 1. resisting authority or control; not obedient or compliant; refractory. 2. hard to deal with, manage, or operate.
- Pernicious: adj. 1. causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie. 2. deadly; fatal: a pernicious disease. 3. Obsolete. evil; wicked.
- Obfuscate: v. 1. to confuse, bewilder, or stupefy. 2. to make obscure or unclear: to obfuscate a problem with extraneous information. 3. to darken.
- __Concupiscible:__adj. Worthy of being desired.
- __Pelucid:__adj.1) translucently clear. 2) lucid in style or meaning; easily understood. 3) (of music or other sound) clear and pure in tone.
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