abrogate

v

To cancel or repeal by authority; to annul

bathos

n

False pathos; sentimentality

canard

n

A false and malicious report, fabricated and spread as by a newspaper

debilitate

v

To weaken or enfeeble; to enervate

egregious

adj

Remarkably bad; outstanding for undesirable qualities; flagrant

feckless

adj

Ineffective; weak; careless; irresponsible

gossamer

adj

Light, thin, filmy (like a cobweb)

hegemony

n

Leadership or dominance, especially of one nation over others

imbroglio

n

An involved and confusing situation

lassitude

n

A state or feeling of being tired or listless; weariness; languor

malign

v

To speak evil of; to defame; to slander

nemesis

n

Anyone or anything by which, it seems, one must inevitably be frustrated or defeated

obstreperous

adj

Noisy, boisterous, or unruly especially in resisting or opposing

panegyric

n

A formal speech or writing praising a person or event; high or hyperbolic praise

recalcitrant

adj

Refusing to obey authority; stubbornly defiant

sanctimonious

adj

Pretending to be very holy or pious; affecting sanctity or righteousness

timorous

adj

Full of or subject to fear; timid

uxorious

adj

Doting on, irrationally fond of, or submissive to one’s wife

variegated

adj

Marked with different colors; having variety in character or form

xenophobia

n

Fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything foreign or strange