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Abscond
Escape secretly (flee, bolt)
Apogee
Highest point (peak, pinnacle)
Aspersion
Damaging or unkind remark (slander, defamation, calumnia)
Bawdy
Humorously indecent and vulgar (risqué, lewd)
Chagrin
Disappointment or anger, especially when caused by a failure or mistake (mortification, "disgusto")
Collude
Secretly cooperate, to deceive or cheat (conspire, scheme)
Commiserate
Express sympathy (condole, empathize)
Conflagration
Large destructive event or fire (blaze, inferno)
Contretemps
Small argument or unlucky event, often happening in public and causing embarrassment (misstep, mishap)
Conviction
Strong belief (certainty, confidence)
Also to be found guilty of a crime (condena)
Croon
Sing in a low voice and sentimental (hum, warble)
Depose
Remove someone important from a powerful position (overthrow, oust)
Détente
an improvement in the relationship between two countries that in the past were not friendly and did not trust each other (truce, reconciliation)
Dowdy
Not attractive of fashionable (drab, shabby)
Echelon
Level or rank (tier, position)
Ennui
Being bored, tired and generally dissatisfied because nothing interesting happens
(listlessness, weariness)
Expatiate
Speak or write in great detail for a long time (elaborate, detail)
Fraught
Filled with tension and anxiety
Full of unpleasant things, such as problems or dangers
(laden, anxious)
Fulcrum
Essential support, or essential to make it work or happen (pivot, cornerstone)
Imbroglio
Complicated and unwanted situation full of trouble and problems (entanglement, quandary)
Jocund
In a happy mood (merry, jolly)
Languish
- To be weak or fail to improve
- To exist in an unpleasant or unwanted situation, often for a long time (like in jail)
(wither, droop)
Nadir
Lowest point, least hope and achievement (bottom, trough)
Nimble
Quick and agile in movement or thoughts (spry, deft)
Ominous
Suggesting that something unpleasant is likely to happen (menacing, portentous)
Outlandish
Unusual or bizarre, difficult to accept or like (eccentric, strange)
Propitious
Likely to result in success or promising (auspicious, advantageous)
Prurient
Obsessively interested in sexual things (lustful, lecherous)
Sadistic
Getting pleasure from cruelty (cruel, barbaric)
Zenith
Highest point (apex, summit)