[Silvermist]

Chicanery -- The use of tricks to deceive somebody.

[Angie10]

Orbicular

circular or spherical

[cmoneyspinner]

specious

adjective
1. apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible:
specious arguments.
2. pleasing to the eye but deceptive.
3. Obsolete. pleasing to the eye; fair.

[Silvermist]

Wally drag ---- means a completely useless person.

[cmoneyspinner]

an·i·mus
ˈanəməs/Submit

noun
1. hostility or ill feeling.
"the author's animus toward her"

2. motivation to do something.
"the reformist animus came from within the Party"

[Silvermist]

Shangri-la

Definitions for Shangri-la
a faraway haven or hideaway of idyllic beauty and tranquility.
an imaginary paradise on earth, especially a remote and exotic utopia.

[cmoneyspinner]

shan't

An abbreviation for "shall not:.

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shant (without the apostrophe)
~ (plural shants)

1. (Britain, slang) A drink, usually a pint.
2. (Britain) A shack or shanty.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shant

[Silvermist]

Languor --

Means - Listlessness, inactivity.

[cmoneyspinner]

met·a·so·ma·tism (mĕt′ə-sō′mə-tĭz′əm)
~ also met·a·so·ma·to·sis (-sō′mə-tō′sĭs)
(noun)
The process by which the chemical composition of a rock is changed by interaction with fluids; replacement of one mineral by another without melting.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/metasomatisms

[Silvermist]

Misanthrope -
someone who dislikes people in general

[cmoneyspinner]

Pugnacious pʌgˈneɪ ʃəs

1. hard-bitten, hard-boiled, pugnacious (adj)

tough and callous by virtue of experience
pugnacious, rough (adj)

2. ready and able to resort to force or violence

"pugnacious spirits...lamented that there was so little prospect of an exhilarating disturbance"- Herman Melville; "they were rough and determined fighting men"

pugnacious (Adjective)

3. Naturally aggressive or hostile; combative; belligerent.

Origin: a form of pugno, from pugnus, from roots.

[Silvermist]

Cavil
A verb meaning to raise trivial and oftentimes irritating objections or to find fault unnecessarily; from the Latin cavillari, meaning to jeer or scoff

[cmoneyspinner]

au·rif·er·ous
ôˈrifərəs/

adjective: auriferous

(of rocks or minerals) containing gold.

Origin
mid 17th century: from Latin aurifer ‘gold-bearing’ (from aurum ‘gold’) + -ous.

[Silvermist]

Vulpine
Crafty and cunning; from the Latin vulpes, meaning fox

[junrose123]

How deep is your love.

[cmoneyspinner]

xerophilous

xe·roph·i·lous
zəˈräfələs/

adjective Botany Zoology

~ (of a plant or animal) adapted to a very dry climate or habitat, or to conditions where moisture is scarce.

[Shailabh]

lollapalooza

A person or thing that is remarkable, excellent, wonderful, superior, etc; beaut, humdinger:

He's got a lollapalooza of a cold.

[Silvermist]

Canorous -- melodious or resonant

[cmoneyspinner]

mollycoddle ˈmɒl iˌkɒd l

mollycoddle (verb)

1. a pampered darling; an effeminate man
pamper, featherbed, cosset, cocker, baby, coddle, mollycoddle, spoil, indulge (verb)

2. treat with excessive indulgence

"grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"
mollycoddle (Noun)

3. A person, especially a man or a boy, who is pampered and overprotected.
mollycoddle (Verb)

4. To be overprotective and indulgent toward; to pamper.

Origin: From molly + coddle.

(This word came in my eMail from STANDS4. Somebody made this up. I've never heard this word before! )

[Shailabh]

adiabat
a line on a thermodynamic chart relating the pressure and temperature of a substance undergoing an adiabatic change.