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St. Drakas' Words of 2006
Absurdism: n: A philosophy, often translated into art forms, holding that humans exist in a meaningless, irrational universe and that any search for order by them will bring them into direct conflict with this universe: “True absurdism is not less but more real than reality."
Advocate: n: One that pleads in another's behalf; an intercessor
Aesthetics: adj: Of or concerning the appreciation of beauty or good taste
Aloof: adj: Distant physically or emotionally; reserved and remote
Ambivalent: adj: characterized by a mixture of opposite feelings or attitudes
Amicable: adj: Characterized by or exhibiting friendliness or goodwill; friendly
Angelic: adj: marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint
Apathetic: adj: Feeling or showing a lack of interest or concern; indifferent
Apocalyptic: adj: Involving or portending widespread devastation or ultimate doom
Aquiline: adj: Curved or hooked like an eagle's beak
Aristocracy: n.pl: A hereditary ruling class; nobility
Arrogant: adj: Marked by or arising from a feeling or assumption of one's superiority toward others
Astrology: n: The study of the positions and aspects of celestial bodies in the belief that they have an influence on the course of natural earthly occurrences and human affairs
Barbeque: n: meat that has been barbecued or grilled in a highly seasoned sauce
Bureaucratic: adj: of or relating to or resembling the details of administrative procedure
Cabal: n: A conspiratorial group of plotters or intriguers
Canard: n: An unfounded or false, deliberately misleading story
Chthonian: adj: Of or relating to the underworld
Coup d'etat: n.pl: The sudden overthrow of a government by a usually small group of persons in or previously in positions of authority
Cretin: n: a person of subnormal intelligence
Crusade: n: A vigorous concerted movement for a cause or against an abuse
Cult: n: A religion or religious sect generally considered to be extremist or false, with its followers often living in an unconventional manner under the guidance of an authoritarian, charismatic leader
Cynical: adj: Believing or showing the belief that people are motivated chiefly by base or selfish concerns; skeptical of the motives of others
Demoniac: adj: Of, resembling, or suggestive of a devil; fiendish
Derivation: n: The form or source from which something is derived; an origin
Dervish: n: A member of any of various Muslim ascetic orders, some of which perform whirling dances and vigorous chanting as acts of ecstatic devotion
Doppelganger: n: A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart
Draconian: adj: Exceedingly harsh; very severe
Effete: adj: Depleted of vitality, force, or effectiveness; exhausted Also Marked by self-indulgence, triviality, or decadence
Emperor: n: The male ruler of an empire
Empyrean: n: The highest reaches of heaven, believed by the ancients to be a realm of pure fire or light
Ergonomics: n: The applied science of equipment design, as for the workplace, intended to maximize productivity by reducing operator fatigue and discomfort
Erudite: adj: Having or showing profound knowledge
Flippant: adj: Marked by disrespectful levity or casualness; pert
Ghastly: adj: Inspiring shock, revulsion, or horror by or as if by suggesting death; terrifying
Glorious: adj: Characterized by great beauty and splendor; magnificent
Gossamer: n: Something delicate, light, or flimsy
Grandiloquent: n: Pompous or bombastic speech or expression.
Grandiose: adj: Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand
Gypsy: n: One inclined to a nomadic, unconventional way of life
Harp: v: To talk or write about to an excessive and tedious degree
Haughty: adj: Scornfully and condescendingly proud
Hoary: adj: Gray or white with or as if with age
Idol: n: An image used as an object of worship
Incarnadine: adj: Blood-red
Incoherent: adj: Unable to think or express one's thoughts in a clear or orderly manner
Infinitely: adv: Having no boundaries or limits-(definition of infinite)
Lambaste: tr.v: To give a thrashing to; beat
Lampoon: n: A written attack ridiculing a person, group, or institution
Legalese: n: The specialized vocabulary of the legal profession, especially when considered to be complex or abstruse
Malevolent: adj: Having or exhibiting ill will; wishing harm to others; malicious
Mélange: n: a motley assortment of things
Misanthrope: n: One who hates or mistrusts humankind
Mountebank: n: A flamboyant charlatan
Narcissistic: n: A psychological condition characterized by self-preoccupation, lack of empathy, and unconscious deficits in self-esteem
Necrosis: n.pl: Death of cells or tissues through injury or disease
Nihilism: n: Rejection of all distinctions in moral or religious value and a willingness to repudiate all previous theories of morality or religious belief. Also The belief that destruction of existing political or social institutions is necessary for future improvement
Nuance: n: a subtle difference in meaning or opinion or attitude
Obfuscate: tr.v: To make so confused or opaque as to be difficult to perceive or understand
Obscure: adj: Not readily noticed or seen; inconspicuous
Occidental: adj: Of or relating to the countries of the Occident or their peoples or cultures; western. Opposite of oriental
Operose: adj: Involving great labor; laborious.
Opportune: adj: Occurring at a fitting or advantageous time
Pablum: n: Trite, insipid, or simplistic writing, speech, or conceptualization
Paradigm: n: A set of assumptions, concepts, values, and practices that constitutes a way of viewing reality for the community that shares them, especially in an intellectual discipline
Parvenu: n: A person who has suddenly risen to a higher social and economic class and has not yet gained social acceptance by others in that class
Peculiarity: n.pl: An eccentricity; an idiosyncrasy
Petard: n: A small bell-shaped bomb used to breach a gate or wall
Philistine: n: A smug, ignorant, especially middle-class person who is regarded as being indifferent or antagonistic to artistic and cultural values
Pirate: n: One who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without commission from a sovereign nation
Portly: adj: Comfortably stout; corpulent
Portmanteau: n.pl: A large leather suitcase that opens into two hinged compartments
Position: n: A place or location
Pragmatic: adj: Dealing or concerned with facts or actual occurrences; practical.
Problematic: adj: Posing a problem; difficult to solve
Pygmy: n: member of any of various peoples, especially of equatorial Africa and parts of southeast Asia, having an average height less than 5 feet (127 centimeters).
Rapier: n: A light, sharp-pointed sword lacking a cutting edge and used only for thrusting
Random: adj: Having no specific pattern, purpose, or objective
Riparian: adj: Of, on, or relating to the banks of a natural course of water
Ritualistic: adj: of or characterized by or adhering to ritualism
Sabbath: n: a day of rest and worship
Satirical: adj: exposing human folly to ridicule
Scatological: n.pl: Obscene language or literature, especially that dealing pruriently or humorously with excrement and excretory functions
Sequence: n: A following of one thing after another; succession
Sesquipedalian: adj: Given to the use of long words
Shadow: n: An area that is not or is only partially irradiated or illuminated because of the interception of radiation by an opaque object between the area and the source of radiation.
Sinusoidal: adj: having a succession of waves or curves
Stoic: adj: Seemingly indifferent to or unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive
Stolid: adj: Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive
Sycophant: n: A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people
Thaumaturgy: n: The working of miracles or magic feats
Thematic: adj: relating to or constituting a topic of discourse
Thunderous: adj: Loud and unrestrained in a way that suggests thunder
Unattainable: adj: impossible to achieve
Vast: adj: Very great in area or extent; immense
Vernal: adj: Characteristic of or resembling spring
Virile: adj: Having or showing masculine spirit, strength, vigor, or power
Vital: adj: Necessary to continued existence or effectiveness; essential
Worthy: adj: Having worth, merit, or value
Wretched: adj: In a deplorable state of distress or misfortune; miserable:
All definitions taken from dictionary.com. When a word has multiple definitions the primary or intended definition is used.
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