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gurn
[gurn]
make a comically or repulsively ugly face

breviloquent
[bre-vil-uh-kwuhnt]
speaking or expressed in a concise or terse style; using brevity of speech

adamantine
[ad-uh-man-teen]
utterly unyielding or firm in attitude or opinion

yearning
[yur-ning]
deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness

legerdemain
[lej-er-duh-meyn]
sleight of hand; trickery

cavil
[kav-uhl]
to raise irritating and trivial objections; find fault with unnecessarily

triskaidekaphobia
[tris-kahy-dek-uh-foh-bee-uh]
a fear of the number 13

oligopoly
[ol-i-gop-uh-lee]
the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors

eponym
[ep-uh-nim]
a person after whom a discovery, invention, place, etc., is named or thought to be named

sycophant
[sik-uh-fuhnt, sik-uh-fant]
a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite

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

avaricious
[av-uh-rish-uhs]
characterized by avarice; greedy; covetous

rhadamanthine
[rad-uh-man-theen]
portraying strict and inflexible judgment

rebarbative
[ree-bahr-buh-tiv]
causing annoyance, irritation, or aversion; repellent.

rutilant
[root-l-uhnt]
glowing or glittering with red or golden light

elegy
[el-i-jee]
a mournful, melancholy, or plaintive poem, especially a funeral song or a lament for the dead