rancid -- 1. unpleasant, stale smell or taste...
leftover oil quickly turns rancid
2. offensive, disagreeable
quidnunc -- a person who is nosy and inquisitive...My room mate is an inveterate
quidnunc
bucolic -- 1. (adj.) relating to or suggestive of typical rural life
2. (adj.) of or pertaining to herdsmen or shepherds; pastoral
3. (n.) (archaic) a country person; peasant; a rustic
drawcansir -- blustering, bullying boaster
comstockery -- censorship of literature and other forms of expression and
communication because of perceived immorality or obscenity
despot -- A ruler or other person who holds absolute power, typically exercising it
cruelly
juxtapose -- to place side by side especially in order to compare and contrast...to
juxtapose captain's comments before the World Cup with the Indian team's actual
performance
nostrum -- 1. a favourite scheme for solving social and political problems
2. a medicine whose ingredients are a secret and its effectiveness
is unproved...The nostrum for cough sold by roadside quacks can have unpleasant
side effects
habiliments -- of or pertaining to clothes...The habiliments of a modern day
cricketer are colourful and trendy
dishabille -- (N) The state of being partly dressed
vicissitudes -- A change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is
unwelcome or unpleasant...the various vicissitudes that she had had to endure in
her lifetime
blithe -- happy, merry or light-hearted...a blithe disregard for his long
legislative and political record
knave -- a person who is dishonest and crafty...the profession of politics is
attractive only to a knave
contumely -- (N.) a humiliating insult, disrespectful, contemptuous, opprobrious,
impertinent, scurrilous, disdainful, insulting
(Adj.) contumelious
longanimity -- patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance
enigma -- 1. A person or thing that is mysterious, puzzling, or difficult to
understand
2. A riddle or paradox
cagey -- Reluctant to give information owing to caution or suspicion, wary,
cautious, cagy, chary, careful, prudent
irenic/irenical -- Aiming or aimed at peace
nary -- not one..Beer is on sale, but there is nary a lager lout in sight
lout -- an uncouth and aggressive man or boy..drunken louts
uncouth -- awkward, clumsy, or unmannerly, impertinent, unrefined, barbaric,
awkward, boorish, raunchy, discourteous
indemnity -- 1. protection or security against damage or loss.
2. compensation for damage or loss sustained.
3. protection, as by insurance, from liabilities or penalties
incurred by one's actions.
incendiary -- 1. (adj.) related to the illegal act of setting fire to property
2. (adj.) capable of fiery combustion
3. (adj.) causing dissension, hatred or anger; inflammatory
4. (adj.) tending to arouse the senses
5. (n.) a person who deliberately sets fire to property
6. (n.) a bomb or grenade that explodes giving out intense heat
libellous -- containing, constituting, or involving a libel; maliciously
defamatory.
opprobrious, malevolent, pejorative, scurrilous, invidious,
disparaging, derogatory, derisive
apocryphal -- of questionable authenticity
antagonistic -- hostile, unfriendly, combative, inimical
agonistic -- Combative, polemical
agnostic -- A person who believes that nothing is known or can be known of the
existence or nature of God
polemic -- 1. a controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc
2. a person who argues in opposition to another; controversialist
polemical -- controversial
guile -- (N.) Sly or cunning or treacherous intelligence
harlequin -- 1. (n.) a comic character usu. wearing a mask, tights and holding a
wooden sword or magic wand
2. (n.) a buffoon; clown
nifty -- (adj.) very smart, clever and stylish...nifty new words and phrases, nifty
satire..
echelon -- (n.) any group or unit that acts in an organised or disciplined way
tatterdemalion -- 1. (n.) a person dressed in rags; a shabby person...huge number
of tatterdemalions in the refugee camps..
2. (adj.) ragged or shabby appearance; unkempt,
dilapidated...tatterdemalion parade of pilgrims..
gourmand -- a person who is fond of good eating
gourmet -- 1.(N.) a connoisseur of fine food and drink
2.(Adj.) of or characteristic of a gourmet..gourmet meals, gourmet
cooking..
connoisseur -- a person who is especially competent to pass critical judgments in
an art, particularly one of the fine arts, or in matters of taste...a connoisseur
of modern art
gastronome -- a connoisseur of fine food and drink
