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embroil
[em-broil]
to bring into discord or conflict; involve in contention or strife

purl
[purl]
knitting; to knit with a reverse stitch

melancholia
[mel-uhn-koh-lee-uh]
a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodings

rigmarole
[rig-muh-rohl]
confused, incoherent, foolish, or meaningless talk

minacious
[mi-ney-shuhs]
menacing; threatening

oblique
[oh-bleek]
neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping

equivocal
[ih-kwiv-uh-kuhl]
allowing the possibility of several different meanings, as a word or phrase, especially with intent to deceive or misguide; susceptible of double interpretation; deliberately ambiguous

philanthropic
[fil-uhn-throp-ik]
of, pertaining to, engaged in, or characterized by philanthropy; benevolent

dirigible
[dir-i-juh-buhl]
an airship

tarantism
[tar-uhn-tiz-uhm]
a mania characterized by an uncontrollable impulse to dance, especially as prevalent in southern Italy from the 15th to the 17th century, popularly attributed to the bite of the tarantula

suffuse
[suh-fyooz]
to overspread with or as with a liquid, color, etc.

noetic
[noh-et-ik]
originating in or apprehended by the reason

perfidious
[per-fid-ee-uhs]
deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful

coffer
[kaw-fer]
a box or chest, especially one for valuables

bougie
[boo-zhee, ‐jee]
relating to or characteristic of a person who indulges in some of the luxuries and comforts of a fancy lifestyle; relating to or characteristic of a person who aspires to the upper middle class, especially when regarded as being elitist or snobbish

pummel
[puhm-uhl ]
to beat or thrash with or as if with the fists