Alacrity – Brisk and cheerful readiness.
Artifice – Clever or cunning devices or expedients, esp. as used to trick or deceive others.
Assiduous – Showing great care and perseverance.
Baleful – Threatening harm; menacing.
Bard – A poet, traditionally one reciting epics and associated with a particular oral tradition.
Bonhomie – Cheerful friendliness; geniality.
Burlesque – A parody or comically exaggerated imitation of something, esp. in a literary or dramatic work.
Cajole – Persuade someone to do something by sustained coaxing or flattery.
Cambric – A lightweight, closely woven white linen or cotton fabric.
Canaille – A mob or rabble.
Caprice – A sudden and unaccountable change of mood or behavior.
Cavil – Make petty or unnecessary objections.
Colloquy – A conversation; gathering for discussion of theological questions.
Compendious – Containing or presenting the essential facts of something in a comprehensive but concise way.
Covey – A small party or flock of birds, esp. partridge; figurative a small group of people or things.
Cubiculum – A burial chamber, as in catacombs.
Daguerreotype – A photograph taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor.
Debauchery – Excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures.
Desecrate – Treat (a sacred place or thing) with violent disrespect; violate.
Despot – A ruler or other person
