David Given Schwarm

Word	Definition
adamantine	Unyielding; inflexibly firm.
anadem	A wreath or garland for the head.
antipelargy	Love children return to parents; mutual kindness.
antithesis	The direct opposite; a contrast between two things.
arete	Virtue or excellence; realizing one’s potential.
auspicate	To begin an undertaking, especially with a lucky ceremony.
bellwether	An indicator of future trends.
bombaster	One given to bluster and bombast.
bumbaze	To bewilder or stupefy.
cadgy	Wanton; lustful.
canescent	Turning gray or white; becoming hoary.
cat’s meow	Something or someone excellent.
chorizont	One who disputes a work’s authorship.
chumocracy	Rule favoring friends and associates in appointments.
circumambient	Surrounding.
circumlocution	Roundabout language avoiding a direct answer.
Comstock Lode	A rich, seemingly inexhaustible supply or source.
concomitance	Occurrence together or in connection with another.
confect	To combine ingredients or materials into something.
coprology	The scientific study of excrement.
corbel	Architectural support projecting from a wall.
cowhearted	Cowardly.
Crichtonism	Extraordinary accomplishment in many fields.
cumberground	A useless person.
cumbrous	Hard to carry or manage due to size.
decedent	A person who has died.
deipnosophist	One skilled at dinner-table conversation.
Delphian	Obscure or ambiguous.
depurate	To cleanse or purify.
disannul	To annul completely; cancel or void.
dowfart	A dimwit.
echinate	Spiny or bristly.
Elginism	Plundering cultural treasures for display elsewhere.
ettercap	A bad-tempered or spiteful person.
evert	To turn inside out or outward.
expiscate	To fish out facts by careful investigation.
formous	Beautiful.
gamy	Tasting or smelling of game meat.
hapchance	Luck or fortune.
hiren	A seductive woman.
Hudibrastic	Mock-heroic; playfully burlesque or satirical.
hyperphagia	Compulsive overeating.
incalescent	Becoming warmer or more ardent.
kidology	The art of bluffing or deceiving.
lentous	Sticky; viscous.
mordant	Biting, caustic, or sarcastic.
mordent	Musical ornament alternating a note with neighboring notes.
nidorous	Smelling strongly of burnt or decaying animal matter.
nigh	Nearly; almost.
noodle	A long narrow strip of boiled dough.
obganiate	To annoy by repeating the same thing.
ophidiophobia	An abnormal fear of snakes.
oscitate	To yawn or gape.
overplus	Something extra; a surplus.
parson’s week	A 13-day period, especially a holiday.
Parthian	Relating to Parthia.
patriarch’s age	A very long time.
pauciloquy	Economy of expression, especially in speech.
pismire	An ant.
premonitory	Serving as a warning of something to come.
psithurism	Rustling or whispering sound, especially of leaves.
pulchritudinous	Physically beautiful; comely.
querimonious	Habitually complaining; full of grievances.
rake’s progress	Steady decline from dissipation, folly, or vice.
rapture	A state or expression of ecstasy.
recumbentibus	A knockdown blow.
rorid	Dewy.
rosery	A garden devoted to roses.
skirr	To move rapidly, especially away.
sloom	To slumber.
slummock	To idle or loaf.
solivagant	A solitary wanderer.
soporiferous	Inducing sleep.
square-toed	Old-fashioned or conservative.
squarehead	An honest person; a non-criminal.
stickybeak	An overly inquisitive person.
stuporous	Dazed, sluggish, or barely responsive.
swale	Low moist land; a shallow marshy depression.
swound	A swoon; a fainting fit.
temulent	Drunk; intoxicated.
timorous	Full of fear; timid.
timorsome	Timid; easily frightened.
trepidant	Timid, apprehensive, or trembling with fear.
tresayle	A great-great-grandfather.
verdurous	Abounding in green vegetation; verdant.
viand	An item of food, especially tasty.
villein	Peasant bound to a feudal lord.
viscid	Sticky; glutinous; slimy.
withsay	To contradict, deny, oppose, or refuse.