Draconian |
(often lower case) harshly cruel or rigorous. |
electuary |
a drug mixed with honey, syrup, or the like to form a paste to be smeared on the teeth or gums of a sick animal. |
eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
gamut |
the whole extent or range of anything. |
glut |
a greater supply or amount than is needed. |
impute |
to ascribe or attribute to a source or cause. |
intelligentsia |
the elite class of highly learned people within a society, or those who consider themselves part of such a class. |
mélange |
a mixture, usually of very dissimilar elements. |
mirabile dictu |
(Latin) wonderful to say or relate. |
munificent |
having or showing great generosity. |
parsimonious |
excessively frugal; stingy. |
pedantic |
making or characterized by an excessive display of learnedness, or overly insistent on scholarly details and formalities. |
pronate |
to turn or rotate (the hand or forearm) so that the palm of the hand faces down or backwards. |
rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |