pulchritude

pulchritude (n.) physical beauty

scamper

scamper (v.)  to run nimbly and usually playfully about

collusion

collusion (n.) secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, esp. in order to cheat or deceive others 

satiation

satiation (n.) the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

flaccid

flaccid (adj.) hanging loosely or limply

masquerade

masquerade (v.) pretend to be someone one is not

ruse

ruse (n.) a trick

wistful

wistful (adj.) full of yearning; musingly sad

awesomeness

awesomeness (adj.) inspiring awe

solipsistic

solipsistic (adj.) believing that oneself is all that exists

venerate

venerate (v.) to regard with respect or to honor

arcadian

arcardian (adj.)  idylically innocent, simple, or untroubled

perfunctory

perfunctory (adj.) showing little interest or enthusiasm

fatuous

fatuous (adj.)  silly, foolish

martinet

martinet (n.) a strict disciplinarian

abash

abash (v.) to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of

languor

languor (n.) listless indolence or inertia

hebetude

hebetude (n.) lethargy, dullness

amour

amour (n.) a usually illicit love affair

sluggard

sluggard (n.) a habitually lazy person

logorrhea

logorrhea (n.) excessive and often incoherent talkativeness or wordiness

algid

algid (adj.) cold

pedantic

pedantic (adj.) unimaginative, pedestrian

erudite

erudite (adj.) having or showing knowledge that is gained by studying

protean

protean (adj.) able to change shape; displaying great variety

vicissitude

vicissitude (n.) event that occurs by chance

sagacity

sagacity (n.) shrewdness, soundness of perspective

thug

thug (n.) someone who is going through struggles, has gone through struggles, and continues to live day by day with nothing for them

wizened

wizened (adj.) dry, shrunken, wrinkled

vapid

vapid (adj.) lacking liveliness, dull

taciturn

taciturn (adj.) not inclined to talk

staid

staid (adj.) sedate, serious, self-restrained 

quagmire

quagmire (n.) a difficult situation

obsequious

obsequious (adj.) excessively compliant or submissive

petulance

petulance (n.) rudeness, irritability

magnanimous

magnanimous (adj.) noble, generous

languid

languid (adj.) sluggish for fatigue or weakness

ignominious

ignominious (adj.) humiliating, disgracing

maelstrom

maelstrom (n.) a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects

anathema

anathema (n.) a cursed, detested person

curmudgeon

curmudgeon (n.) a crusty, ill-tempered and usually old man

concomitant

concomitant (adj.) accompanying in a subordinate fashion

dour

dour (adj.) gloomy, sullen

acumen

acumen (n.) keen insight

officious

officious (adj.) offering one’s services when they are neither wanted nor needed

penitence

penitence (n.) sorrow for sins or faults

indolent

indolent (adj.) averse to activity, effort, or movement; habitually lazy

complicity

complicity (n.)  association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act

scion

scion (i.)  descendant, child