| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| adulteration |
the act or process of making worse or impure by adding unnecessary or inferior ingredients. |
| apropos |
appropriate; relevant; opportune. |
| blandishment |
(often plural) flattering or coaxing remarks or stratagems intended to persuade. |
| burgeon |
to start to grow; send forth shoots, leaves, buds, or the like (often followed by "out" or "forth"). |
| corollary |
a readily drawn conclusion; deduction or inference. |
| doyen |
the senior or highest-ranking male member of a group. |
| Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
| elide |
to leave out or slur, as a syllable or letter, in pronunciation. |
| hypocrisy |
the practice or an instance of stating or pretending to hold beliefs or principles that one does not actually live by; insincerity. |
| iatrogenic |
caused by a physician or medical treatment, especially from drugs or surgery. |
| jeremiad |
a long complaint about life or one's situation; lamentation. |
| malingerer |
one who pretends to be ill or injured, especially in order to avoid work or duty. |
| meretricious |
appealing or attracting in a cheap, showy, or shallow way. |
| profligate |
totally given over to immoral and shameful pursuits; dissolute. |