| Antipathy: A feeling of intense dislike |
| Cats were his greatest antipathy. |
| Aquiline: Curved down like an eagle's beak |
| His aquiline nose is a prominent feature of his face. |
| Covet: Wish, long, or crave for |
| She coveted her fur coat. |
| Erudite: Having or showing profound knowledge |
| I found him a charming and erudite companion. |
| Felicitous: Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style |
| Her speech was not at all felicitous while greeting the guests. |
| Frigid: Extremely cold |
| She replied with a frigid smile to his question. |
| Germane: Relevant and appropriate |
| He asks questions that are central and germane to the issue. |
| Halcyon: Idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquillity |
| The next day dawned sunny with a halcyon blue sky after a stormy one. |
| Ignominious: deserving or bringing disgrace or shame |
| Many thought that he was doomed to ignominious failure because of his sloppy ways. |
| Ingratiate: Gain favour with somebody by deliberate efforts |
| She quickly sought to ingratiate herself with the new administration. |
| Legerdemain: An illusory feat |
| He is a financial and legal legerdemain. |
| Misogyny: Hatred of women |
| Misogyny is still prevalent in some patriarchal families. |
| Parochial: Relating to or supported by or located in a parish |
| He was uncomfortable in the stuffy and parochial atmosphere of a small village. |
| Penury: A state of extreme poverty or destitution |
| Suddenly left penniless after his business failed, he had to live in penury. |
| Perfidious: Tending to betray |
| She says that the politicians are a perfidious breed. |
| Plebiscite: A vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance |
| The future of the country should be decided by plebiscite. |
| Procrastination: Slowness as a consequence of not getting around to it |
| Humans are in the habit of procrastination, they tend to delay their work to the next day almost always. |
| Recalcitrant: Stubbornly resistant to authority or control |
| She is a recalcitrant child of an unhappy mother. |
| Seethe: Be in an agitated emotional state |
| I seethed with anger over the insult. |
| Vertigo: A reeling sensation |
| Keep her back from the edge of the cliff-she suffers from vertigo. |
