| abysmal |
of vast extent; unmeasurable; extreme. |
| animus |
a feeling or attitude of enmity. |
| cognomen |
a last name; surname. |
| cognoscente |
someone who has exceptional knowledge in a given area, especially of fashion, literature, or the fine arts; connoisseur. |
| credulous |
disposed to believe, especially on scanty evidence; gullible. |
| disheveled |
not neat; messy. |
| erratic |
not expected or predicted; not regular. |
| facetious |
not serious; humorous or frivolous. |
| guttural |
articulated in the back of the mouth; velar. |
| idiosyncrasy |
a characteristic of temperament, habit, or physical structure particular to a given individual or group; peculiarity. |
| invidious |
tending to arouse feelings of resentment or animosity, especially because of a slight; offensive or discriminatory. |
| mésalliance |
marriage with someone of lower social standing than oneself. |
| mendicant |
living on charity; begging. |
| supine |
lying with the face upward. |
| uxorial |
of, pertaining to, or befitting a wife. |