| A | B |
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| petulantly | irritable, peevish, fretful, pettish, touchy |
| defatigable | capable of being wearied or tired out |
| fatuously | foolish or inane, esp. in an unconscious, vacuous, complacent manner; silly |
| doyen | the senior member, as in age, rank, or experience, of a group, class, |
| megalo | large or great, |
| protegee | a person under the patronage, protection, or care of someone interested |
| fascist | a person who is dictatorial or has extreme right-wing views |
| vermillion | A bright red mercuric sulfide used as a pigment. A vivid red to reddish |
| roguishly | pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally. |
| gloaming | twilight; dusk |
| blighter | a contemptible, worthless person, esp. a man; scoundrel or rascal |
| momento mori | Remember that you are mortal |
| macabre | gruesome and horrifying; ghastly; horrible; or of, pertaining to, dealing with, or representing death, esp. its grimmer or uglier aspect. |
| congenial | suited or adapted in spirit, feeling, temper, etc.; compatible |
| trite | lacking in freshness or effectiveness because of constant use or excessive |
| corpulent | large or bulky of body; portly; stout; fat |
| columbarium | a sepulchral vault or other structure with recesses in the walls to receive |
| capacious | capable of holding much; spacious or roomy |
| endemic | natural to or characteristic of a specific people or place; native; |
| umbrageous | creating or providing shade; shady; or apt to take offense |
| nonsectarian | not affiliated with or limited to a specific religious denomination. |
| excision | the act of removal; an excising |
| Maenad | a frenzied or raging woman |
| nomenclature | a set or system of names or terms, as those used in a particular science |
| moke | British Slang. a donkey |
| mantle | a loose, sleeveless cloak or cape. |
| urbanity | Refinement and elegance of manner; polished courtesy; suavity |
| tocsin | An alarm sounded on a bell; A bell used to sound an alarm; A warning; |
| furtive | secretive; characterized by stealth; surreptitious |
| necropolis | a cemetery, esp. one of large size and usually of an ancient city |
| patois | a rural or provincial form of speech |
| facsimile | an exact copy, as of a book, painting, or manuscript |
| moribund | in a dying state; near death or not progressing or advancing; stagnant |
| inurnment | to put into an urn, esp. ashes after cremation |
| immurement | to build into or entomb in a wall |
| agnostic | a person who holds that the existence of the ultimate cause, as God, and the essential nature of things are unknown and unknowable, or that human knowledge is limited to experience |
| apotheosis | the elevation or exaltation of a person to the rank of a god, or the ideal example; epitome; quintessence |
| effigy | a representation or image, esp. sculptured, as on a monument |
| epithet | descriptive word or phrase (usually derogatory, but not always) |
| interlocutor | a person who takes part in a conversation or dialogue |
| thanatos | an ancient Greek personification of death; in psychiatry, a primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct |
| nugatory | of no real value; trifling; worthless |
| ribald | vulgar or indecent in speech, language, etc.; coarsely mocking, abusive, |
| carotid | Either of the two major arteries, one on each side of the neck, that carry |
| catafalque | a decorated bier on which a coffin rests in state during a funeral |
| prosaic | commonplace or dull; matter-of-fact or unimaginative |
| fettered | A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet |
| miasma | a dangerous, foreboding, or deathlike influence or atmosphere |
| apiary | a place in which a colony or colonies of bees are kept, as a stand or shed for beehives or a bee house containing a number of beehives |
| verisimilitude | something, as an assertion, having merely the appearance of truth |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory |
| Brahmin | a person who is intellectually or socially aloof or a member of the highest priestly Hindu caste, or "the universal soul, the Absolute |
| epitome | A representative or perfect example of a class or type |
| inimitable | incapable of being imitated or copied; surpassing imitation; matchless |
| Tartarean | Greek Mythology The abysmal regions below Hades where the Titans were confined; infernal regions; hell |
| crapulous | given to or characterized by gross excess in drinking or eating. or suffering from or due to such excess |
| scrupulous | punctiliously or minutely careful, precise, or exact or showing a strict regard for what one considers right; |
| verbose | characterized by the use of many or too many words; wordy; inflated |
| opus | A creative work, literary or musical |
| nautch | (in India) an exhibition of dancing by professional dancing girls |
| perfunctorily | performed merely as a routine duty; hasty and superficial: lacking interest or enthusiasm |
| diurnal | of or pertaining to a day or each day; daily |
| litany | a prolonged or tedious account or list; or a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation |
| apposite | Strikingly appropriate and relevant |
