| banal |
lacking originality or liveliness; disappointingly ordinary; commonplace; trite. |
| disinter |
to dig up or remove from a place of burial; exhume. |
| doggerel |
trivial, crudely constructed verse. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| fracas |
a noisy disturbance or quarrel. |
| glabrous |
having no hair or fuzz; bald; smooth. |
| idyllic |
charmingly simple and natural, as a scene or experience; suggestive of peaceful countryside. |
| liminal |
of or at the threshold of a physiological or psychological response or change of state. |
| malaise |
a state or condition of feeling generally unwell, mentally depressed, sluggish, or uneasy. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |
| welter |
to roll about or wallow, as in mud or the open sea. |