| agog |
highly excited and full of anticipation. |
| appurtenance |
(plural) equipment or instruments used for a given purpose; gear. |
| asperity |
harshness or roughness, especially of tone or manner. |
| benign |
causing little or no harm. |
| bereft |
deprived or stripped of something. |
| disingenuous |
not candid or sincere. |
| effrontery |
shameless impudence; insolence. |
| eulogy |
a spoken or written tribute, especially to honor a dead person; high praise; formal commendation. |
| flagitious |
viciously or shamefully wicked; infamous. |
| limn |
to paint or draw. |
| opprobrious |
expressing condemnation or scorn; accusing of shameful behavior. |
| pathos |
a quality in life or art that evokes pity, sadness, or compassion. |
| pretentious |
assuming or marked by an air of importance or superiority that is unwarranted. |
| recondite |
involving profound concepts and complexities; not easily understood. |
| schadenfreude |
(often capitalized) pleasure derived from the misfortune of others. |