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corybantic
[kawr-uh-ban-tik]
wild; frenzied
paucity
[paw-si-tee]
smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness
dissimulate
[dih-sim-yuh-leyt]
to disguise or conceal under a false appearance; dissemble
luminous
[loo-muh-nuhs]
radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright
inveterate
[in-vet-er-it ]
settled or confirmed in a habit, practice, feeling, or the like
horripilation
[haw-rip-uh-ley-shuhn]
the erection of hairs on the skin due to cold, fear, or excitement
diegetic
[dahy-uh-jet-ik]
(of sound in a movie, television program, etc.) occurring within the context of the story and able to be heard by the characters
fetching
[fech-ing]
charming; captivating
mammonism
[mam-uh-niz-uhm]
the greedy pursuit of riches
exhort
[ig-zawrt]
to urge, advise, or caution earnestly; admonish urgently
widdershins
[with-er-shinz]
in a direction contrary to the sun's course, considered as unlucky; counterclockwise
virulent
[vir-yuh-luhnt, vir-uh-]
actively poisonous; intensely noxious
nonplussed
[non-pluhst]
completely puzzled or perplexed by something unexpected
oblique
[oh-bleek]
neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping
zeitgeist
[tsahyt-gahyst]
the defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time
impute
[im-pyoot]
to attribute or ascribe