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Abeyance
temporary inactivity
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Ablution
a cleansing with water or other liquid, esp. as a religiousritual.
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Abstruse
hard to understand
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Adroit
cleverly skillful, resourceful
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Aphorism
a terse saying embodying a general truth, or astute observation
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Apt
inclined; disposed; given; prone
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Ardor
intense devotion, eagerness, or enthusiasm
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Assignation
an appointment for a meeting, esp. a lover's secret rendezvous.
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Avarice
insatiable greed for riches
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Bawdy
coarse or indecent talk or writing
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Bellicose
inclined or eager to fight
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Besmirch
to soil; tarnish; discolor.
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Boudoir
a woman's bedroom or private sitting room.
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Burgeoning
to grow or develop quickly; flourish
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Carouse
to drink deeply and frequently.
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Caustic
severely critical or sarcastic
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Clandestine
characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy orconcealment, esp. for purposes of subversion or deception
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Compunction
feeling of uneasiness or anxiety of the conscience causedby regret for doing wrong or causing pain
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Conflagration
a destructive fire, usually an extensive one.
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Debauched
displaying the effect of excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure
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Droll
amusing in an odd way
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Eclectic
selecting or choosing from various sources.
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Flamboyant
strikingly bold or brilliant; showy
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Foibles
a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw ordefect
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Formidable
causing fear, apprehension, or dread
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Furtive
taken, done, used, etc.
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Fusillade
a simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms.
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Genuflect
to bend the knee or touch one knee to the floor in reverenceor worship.
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Hinterland
the remote or less developed parts of acountry; back country
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Humdrum
lacking variety; boring; dull
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Ineptitude
quality or condition of being inept.
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Inertia
inactivity; sluggishness.
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Internecine
of or pertaining to conflict or struggle within a group
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Irksome
annoying; irritating; exasperating; tiresome
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Lascivious
arousing sexual desire
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