implacable
incapable of being placated
transgression
the act of transgressing; the violation of a law or a duty or moral principle
cacophony
loud confusing disagreeable sounds
drab
a dull greyish to yellowish or light olive brown
homely
lacking in physical beauty or proportion
frowzy
negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
slovenly
negligent of neatness especially in dress and person; habitually dirty and unkempt
cadge
obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling
quagmire
a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
pulchritudinous
used of persons only; having great physical beauty
svelte
being of delicate or slender build
lanky
tall and thin and having long slender limbs
froward
habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
dubious
fraught with uncertainty or doubt
eponym
the person for whom something is named
onomatopoeia
using words that imitate the sound they denote
sibilant
of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as `f', `s', `z', or `th' in both `thin' and `then')
palindrome
a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward
spoonerism
transposition of initial consonants in a pair of words
euphemism
an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh
