Uncommonblandishment[blan-dish-muhnt]a flattering or pleasing statement or action used to persuade someone gently to do somethingchthonic[tha-nik]of or relating to the deities, spirits, and other beings dwelling under the earthadversary[ad-ver-ser-ee]one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or disputeken[ken]one's range of knowledge or sightorotund[awr-uh-tuhnd](of the voice or speech) characterized by strength, fullness, richness, and clearnesssnickersnee[snik-er-snee]a knife, especially one used as a weapon.melancholia[mel-uhn-koh-lee-uh]a mental condition characterized by great depression of spirits and gloomy forebodingstrenchant[tren-chuhnt]incisive or keen, as language or a person; caustic; cuttingjocund[jok-uhnd]cheerful; merry; blithe; gladincipient[in-sip-ee-uhnt]beginning to exist or appear; in an initial stagemunificent[myoo-nif-uh-suhnt]characterized by great generositylicentious[lahy-sen-shuhs]unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoraldarg[dahrg]a day's workexpurgate[ek-sper-geyt]to amend by removing words, passages, etc., deemed offensive or objectionabletaradiddle[tar-uh-did-l]a small lie; fibinchoate[in-koh-it]not organized; lacking orderpanacea[pan-uh-see-uh]a remedy for all disease or illsrepugnant[ri-puhg-nuhnt]extremely distasteful; unacceptablemicawber[mi-caw-ber]one who is poor but lives in optimistic expectation of better fortunecravat[kruh-vat]a short, wide strip of fabric worn by men around the neck and tucked inside an open-necked shirtplumbeous[pluhm-bee-uhs]resembling or containing lead; leadenmaudlin[mawd-lin]tearfully or weakly emotional; foolishly sentimentaldraconian[drey-koh-nee-uhn]excessively harsh and severeclinometer[klahy-nom-i-ter]an instrument used for measuring the angle or elevation of slopes12345→