vicious
deliberately cruel or violent
vulgar
lacking sophistication or good taste
conspiracy
a secret plan by a group to do something unlawful
inevitable
unavoidable
preposterous
absurd
charitably
full of love for and goodwill toward others
perusal
reading or examining something
affectation
Behaviour put on on display to impress as someone more interesting than one's normal personality.
corpulent
Fat; stout; overweight; notably obese.
austerity
Simple, plain and stripped-down to the essentials.
apparition
A spectral figure of ghostlike quality and intent.
whet
An increase in the desire of something.
facile
Unsophisticated and lacking in intellectual depth and curiosity.
wizened
Aged in appearance, but projecting a sense of wisdom through experience.
incommensurate
Failure to correspond in size or degree or amount.
hackneyed
Trite and unimaginative.
mawkish
Overly sentimental to the point of being sappy rather than emotionally moving.
barrister
The equivalent of a lawyer in courts in England, Canada and Australia.
prestidigitator
A magician or someone who peforms sleight of hand just for fun.
dyspepsia
Indigestion.
rudimentary
At the most basic and simplistic level.
repartee
Fast and witty conversation showing an adroitness in handling social situations where small talk is required.
slatternly
A woman behaving promiscuously; slutty.
malodorous
Emitting a distinctly foul and disagreeable odor.
stodgy
Conventional, stiff, unimaginative and set in one's old-fashioned ways.
mendacious
Given to repeatedly telling lies, half-truths, fibs and unfactual assertions.
supercilious
Scornfully and disdainfully superior toward others in a display of arrogance often unnoticed by those exhibiting this personality trait.
perspicacity
Quick to intelligently assess a situation and apply a logical response.
timorous
A tendency to naturally display timidity and shyness.
decree nisi
An order from a court which nevertheless remains inapplicable or unenforced until a specific condition or conditions have been met.
grandiloquence
An especially lofty and ornate sense of style.
