| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| contretemps |
an embarrassing or unfortunate happening; mishap; mischance. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| discomfit |
to upset or confuse. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| disquisition |
a formal, often lengthy, oral or written discussion of a subject. |
| epicene |
sharing the traits of both sexes. |
| epistolary |
established or continued through letters. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| lupine2 |
fierce; greedy. |
| nostrum |
a favorite but unproven scheme or theory, offered as a remedy for social or political problems; panacea. |
| oligarchy |
a government or state in which only a relatively few people or members of a family have real power. |
| repine |
to express or feel unhappiness; complain; fret. |
| stochastic |
of, or arising from chance or probability. |