| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Libidinous | v: showing excessive sexual drive; lustful |
| Slattern | n: dirty, untidy woman |
| Ingenuous | v: innocent and unsuspecting |
| Alpaca | n: long-haired domesticated South American mammal related to llama; the wool of alpaca; fabric made from alpaca wool |
| Officious | v: assertive of authority in an annoyingly domineering way, esp. in petty/trivial matters. |
| Goldbrick | v: invent excuses to avoid a task; shirk |
| Asceticism | n: ideology of severe self-discipline and abstention from all forms of indulgence, usu. for religious reasons. |
| Fulminate | v: express vehement protest; explode violently or flash like lightning |
| Irascible | adj: easily made angry |
| Lachrymose | adj: tearful or given to weeping; inducing tears. |
| Fillip | n: something that acts as stimulus, boost to an activity; flick of finger. |
| Scatology | n: interest in or preoccupation with excrement and excretion |
| Sere | v: burn or scorch surface w/ sudden intense heat. |
| Truculence | n: eagerness or quickness to argue or fight; aggressively defiant |
| Arithmetical | adj: of or relating to arithmetic |
| Vicissitude | n: a change of circumstances or fortune, typically one that is unwelcome or unpleasant. |
| Parturient | adj: about to give birth, in labor |
| Crepuscular | adj: of, resembling, or relating to twilight |
| Afflatus | n: a divine creative impulse or inspiration |
| Execrable | adj: extremely bad or unpleasant |
| Browbeat | v: verbally abuse into submission |
| Intransigent | adj: unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something |
| Rubicund | adj: (esp. a face) having a ruddy complexion; high-colored |
| Calumny | n: slander |
| Otiose | adj: serving no practical purpose or result. |
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