abhor
to hate
androgynous
having both male and female characteristics
antimony
a metallic element
appease
to satisfy, to pacify
ascribe
to assign
bawdy
obscene
berate
to deride
bereft
to deprive
castrate
to remove the testes of
cipher
code
conundrum
a riddle
costive
constipated
cozen
to cheat, to swindle
crotchet
a whim
cuckold
a man whose wife has been unfaithful
debacle
disaster
decry
to denounce
defame
to slander
didactic
serving to teach a lesson, usually a moral lesson
disinherit
to take away one's inheritance
dowry
money bestowed upon a newly wed couple by the father of the bride
dross
trash
eunuch
a person who has been castrated
expiate
to make amends for
extirp
to uproot
flout
to criticize
foil
a minor character who serves to reveal the qualities of a major character
foists
tricks
garrulousness
a tendency to talk excessively
gondola
a narrow boat with a tall stern used in the canals of Venice
hermaphrodite
a person who has both male and female sex organs
humour
demeanor
lecher, satyr
a man who indulges excessively in sexual activity
malice
ill will
moiety
a small portion
mountebank
a salesman who hawks cure-all elixirs
munificent
generous
mutability
changeability
obsequy
deference
obstinate
stubborn
obstreperous
loud, unruly
officious
aggressive in offering one's services
omnipotence
the quality of being all-powerful
palates
tastes
paroxysm
a violent outburst
parricide
the murder of one's father
physic
medicine
portend
to foretell, to predict
prodigy
a sign, an omen
quacksalver
a phony doctor
quintessence
the purest, most essential part
requite
to repay
sadomasochistic
taking pleasure in the pain of oneself and others
scrupulous
meticulously careful
sepulchers
tombs, graves
sloth
laziness
solecism
an error
soliloquy
a dramatic monologue
strumpet
a whore, a harlot
sycophant
a suck-up
wittol
a man who tolerates his wife's infidelity
