collude \kuh-LOOD\ (intransitive verb) - To act in concert; to conspire; to plot.
"Sadly, well-heeled contributors and interest groups that seek political power routinely collude with needy office-seekers to find new paths around the hollow ...
rebarbative \ree-BAR-buh-tiv\ (adjective) - Serving or tending to irritate or repel.
"Over the several hours of the party a lot of rebarbative, ulcerated and embittered people had been working hard at bedding their resentments down in sensory-...
frisson \free-SOHN\ (noun) - A moment of intense excitement; a shudder; an emotional thrill.
"While Carol loved the frisson of watching movies where hapless ladies became victims through no fault of their own, she hated to think about what she ...
trencherman \TREN-chuhr-muhn\ (noun) - A hearty eater.
"Dr. Zollner was arranging his large lunch in front of him with the expertise of a real trencherman." -- Nelson DeMille, 'Plum Island'
Trencherman is from trencher, "a wooden board or ...
languor \LANG-guhr; LANG-uhr\ (noun) - 1 : Mental or physical weariness or fatigue. 2 : Listless indolence, especially the indolence of one who is satiated by a life of luxury or pleasure. 3 : A heaviness or oppressive stillness of the air.
"She ...
gewgaw \G(Y)OO-gaw\ (noun) - A showy trifle; a trinket; a bauble.
"Many in the office felt that new secretary's tendency to be festooned with gewgaws, as well as her gaudy makeup, reflected poorly on the company's image."
The origin of gewgaw is...
