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haughty
[haw-tee]
arrogantly superior and disdainful

pompous
[pom-puhs]
characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or importance

hodgepodge
[hoj-poj]
a heterogeneous mixture; jumble

expatiate
[ik-spey-shee-eyt]
to enlarge in discourse or writing; be copious in description or discussion

jeremiad
[jer-uh-mahy-uhd]
a prolonged lamentation or mournful complaint

svelte
[svelt]
slim; slender in figure or lithe

bolide
[boh-lahyd]
a large, brilliant meteor, especially one that explodes; fireball

pulchritude
[puhl-kri-tood]
physical beauty; comeliness

anaphora
[uh-naf-er-uh]
the repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses

belabor
[bih-ley-ber]
to explain, worry about, or work at (something) repeatedly or more than is necessary

solipsism
[sol-ip-siz-uhm]
the theory that only the self exists, or can be proved to exist

deprecate
[dep-ri-keyt]
to express earnest disapproval of

adulate
[aj-uh-leyt]
to show excessive admiration or devotion to; flatter or admire servilely

staid
[steyd]
of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious

threnody
[thren-uh-dee]
a poem, speech, or song of lamentation, especially for the dead; dirge; funeral song

impervious
[im-pur-vee-uhs]
not permitting penetration or passage; impenetrable