Nouns: abeyance acalculia acedia acme acolyte aegrotat aggiornamento aggregate ait amusia anadiplosis anagoge (anagogy) analects (analecta) androcracy andragogy anhedonia anosmia antanaclasis antiphrasis aperient arctophile argy-bargy ascetic asperity atavism atticism auscultation autarchy avoirdupois biblioclast biblioklept bibliolater bibliophage bibliophile bibliophobe bibliotaph bijou brave new world breastsummer caryatid cash cow catch-22 cathexis collywobbles comity condottiere contradistinction contretemps cynosure dekko deportment derby dilettante diplomatics dol Don Juanism doppelganger dovecote doyen dudgeon dysesthesia effigy emetic equanimity esplanade fata morgana fiasco filibuster flibbertigibbet foray furl fustian gadabout gloaming Gotterdammerung graduand gravamen Grub Street gynarchy hacker hardscrabble hawkshaw Hogmanay horripilation horst hypercorrection hypogeusia iconoclast imboglio interleaf interrex jog trot junto kakistocracy kibitzer kibosh largesse lamia leitmotiv lese-majeste lexis libation locus classicus longueur lotusland lucubration malefactor manse megalomania meliorism metathesis miasma moiety mora Munchausen syndrome murdrum nisus nymphomania omerta onus opisthograph opprobrium oxymoron palaver pandect pandiculation panopticon paralipsis paramnesia Parkinson's Law pelf perfidy persiflage Peter Principle ploce pooh-bah pork barrel prophylaxis prosateur quandary quartan quidnunc Risorgimento Russell's paradox scion scop scurf sensibility simulacrum smithereens solecism stalking-horse stemwinder sternutation Stockholm syndrome suffrage sundog symbiosis tantara telamon tergiversation termagant thalweg thanatophobia thaumaturgy therblig Throttlebottom treacle trichotillomania turpitude variorum vaward verbicide verisimilitude ylem Zeno's paradox Adjectives: abstemious adventitious aerious antitussive aperient a posteriori ascetic auspicious autochthonous axenic coeval consanguineous convivial crackerjack crapulous demotic didactic dilettante disparate doggerel dotty edacious emetic endogenous ephemeral erose euphonious evanescent ex cathedra expeditious factitious fantabulous fraught frigorific fugacious funereal fustian gauche gemutlich haggard halcyon hardscrabble hoary impassible impervious incandescent ingenuous insuperable internecine jejune ligneous limpid luculent malleable masterful maudlin mettlesome nebulous nosocomial nugatory obsequious otiose parsimonious pedantic perdurable pervious pinchbeck polyglot preeminent primeval procrustean protean puissant Pyrrhic quaquaversal quartan restive sallow sententious sesquipedalian sipid solicitous sui generis teleological tendentious termagant toothsome tractable uncouth untoward variegated variorum verbose vespertine vincible vulnerary zoomorphic Verbs: abjure bamboozle besmirch capitulate clepe concatenate demarcate dissemble efface enfranchise excoriate expiate expunge filibuster furl harry incommode indite insinuate interpolate jettison malinger moil mollify palaver posit prevaricate previse quaff requite rusticate sallow scrutinize scumble shanghai truckle ululate undulate upbraid vet wheedle