sui generis
constituting a class of its own; unique
slipstick
analog computer consisting of a handheld instrument used for rapid calculations; have been replaced by pocket calculators
louche
of questionable taste or morality
laconic
brief and to the point; effectively cut short
antediluvian
of or relating to the period before the biblical flood
epistemological
of or relating to epistemology
shibboleth
a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people
Schadenfreude
delight in another person's misfortune
peripatetic
traveling especially on foot
abstruse
difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
adenoidal
of or pertaining to the adenoids
feckless
generally incompetent and ineffectual
solipsism
(philosophy) the philosophical theory that the self is all that you know to exist
ersatz
an artificial or inferior substitute or imitation
fealty
the loyalty that citizens owe to their country (or subjects to their sovereign)
