| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| augury |
the art or practice or an instance of predicting the future or obtaining hidden knowledge by interpreting omens. |
| desideratum |
something that is needed or wanted. |
| impromptu |
without advance plan or preparation; spontaneously. |
| inculcate |
to cause to accept an idea or value; imbue. |
| nonpareil |
a person or thing whose excellence is unequaled; paragon. |
| perquisite |
a payment or benefit in addition to the wages or salary associated with a position. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| prolix |
wordy and boringly long. |
| requite |
to retaliate for; strike back on account of. |
| sanctimony |
a pretense of righteousness or piety; feigned devotion or holiness. |
| Saturnalia |
an occasion of unrestrained revelry. |
| solipsism |
the self-centered habit of interpreting and judging all things exclusively according to one's own concepts of meaning and value. |
| symbiosis |
a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. |
| tamp |
to compress and pack tightly by repeated light taps. |