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precarious
[pri-kair-ee-uhs]
dependent on circumstances beyond one's control; uncertain; insecure

choleric
[kol-er-ik]
extremely irritable or easily angered; irascible

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

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

lachrymose
[lak-ruh-mohs]
suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful

bonhomie
[bon-uh-mee]
frank and simple good-heartedness; a good-natured manner; friendliness; geniality

misgiving
[mis-giv-ing]
a feeling of doubt, distrust, or apprehension

descry
[dih-skrahy]
to see (something unclear or distant) by looking carefully; discern; espy

conflate
[kuhn-fleyt]
to fuse into one entity; merge

insufflate
[in-suhf-leyt]
to blow or breathe (something) in

paucity
[paw-si-tee]
smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness

peristyle
[per-uh-stahyl]
a colonnade surrounding a building or an open space

portend
[pawr-tend]
to indicate in advance; to foreshadow or presage, as an omen does

pendulous
[pen-juh-luhs]
hanging down loosely

arcane
[ahr-keyn]
known or understood by very few; mysterious; secret; obscure; esoteric

obstreperous
[uhb-strep-er-uhs]
noisy and difficult to control