- insipid: boring; dull (adj)
- intoxicating: exciting; stimulating (adj)
- irritant: causing irritation (adj/n)
- jaded: worn out (adj)
- labyrinth: a maze (n)
- loquacious: talkative (adj)
- magnate: a powerful business person (n)
- malefactor: a criminal (n)
- malice: a desire to harm others (n)
- matriarch: a woman who rules a family (n)
- medieval: old-fashioned (adj)
- moratorium: a temporary suspension (n)
- mortify: embarrass (v)
- nether: beneath; below (adj)
- obtuse: unintelligent; dull (adj)