| Term | Definition |
|---|
| ubiquitous | being or seeming to be everywhere at the same time |
| emaciated | very thin, especially from disease, huger or cold |
| pallid | pale, usually as a result of poor health |
| hirsute | hairy |
| voracious | wanting vast quantities of food; having a huge appetite for anything |
| corpulent | excessively fat, portly, stout |
| malapropism | ridiculous misuse of a word, especially by confusing it with one that sounds similar |
| largesse | generosity in gift-giving |
| egregiously | horrifically terrible, shockingly bad |
| prostrate | lying face-down and flat; helpless; exhausted. |
| Brobdingnagian | immense, gigantic |
| Luddite | someone who is against technological innovation and progress |
| incredulous | skeptical; unwilling or unable to believe something |
| portmanteau | a word made from bleding two or more words |
| sesquipedalian | having many syllables; characterized by long words |
| unctuous | having an oily or soapy feel, excessively smooth, suave, or smug; insincerely earnest |
| ineffable | unable to be expressed or described |
| wizened | withered, shriveled, or wrinkled, usually by age |
| fetid | having an offensive odor |
| redundant | characterized by unnecessary repetition; no longer useful, unnecessary |
| clairvoyant | able to predict the future |
| gravitas | an air of seriousness that commands respect |
| ephemeral | short-lived, lasting but a brief time |
| homely | unattractive, plain; unpretentious |
| antediluvian | from the time before the Bilblical flood; old, outdated |
| timorous | unconfident, fearful,; showing a lack of confidence or displaying fearfulness |
| hyperbole | a figure of speech in which exaggeration is used for emphasis or effect |
| senescent | growing old, aging |
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