| aberration |
a deviation from what is considered normal or right; irregularity. |
| adamant |
unlikely to change in response to any request or argument; firmly decided or fixed; unyielding. |
| astute |
keen in understanding and judgment; shrewd. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| cynosure |
a thing or person that is the center of attention and admiration. |
| encomium |
a formal expression of praise. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| lenitive |
mitigating pain, discomfort, or distress; soothing. |
| libertine |
acting without restraint; dissolute; amoral. |
| linguistics |
(used with a singular verb) the scientific and historical study of the form and structure of human language. |
| noisome |
offensive or disgusting, especially in smell; foul. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| Sabbatarian |
one who observes the Sabbath on Saturday, as Jews and certain Christians. |
| tort |
in law, any civil rather than criminal harm or injury that violates the implicit duty of each citizen not to harm others, and for which one may bring a civil suit and collect compensation. |