| boudoir |
a woman's private sitting room or bedroom. |
| conjoin |
to combine for a common purpose. |
| consternation |
surprise and alarm, leading to panic, deep disappointment, or total confusion. |
| conversant |
familiar; acquainted; practiced (usually followed by "with" or "in"). |
| delectation |
enjoyment; delight; pleasure. |
| disabuse |
to free (a person) from misconception or deception; set straight. |
| heinous |
extremely wicked or despicable; atrocious. |
| nonfeasance |
in law, failure to perform a required duty, as by a public official. |
| pastiche |
a work of visual art, music, or literature that consists mostly of materials and techniques borrowed from other works, sometimes done as an exercise to learn the technique of others. |
| picayune |
having little value or significance; small; paltry. |
| preferment |
the act of promoting or being promoted to a higher position or office. |
| rebarbative |
tending to irritate or repel; forbidding or unattractive. |
| sententious |
using or marked by pompous, high-flown moralizing. |
| sudorific |
causing or increasing sweat, as a medication. |
| vitiate |
to harm the quality of; mar; spoil. |