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Beatific
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Adj. blissful; rendering or making blessed
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Behemoth
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N. a creature of enormous size, power. or appearance
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Blandishment
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N. anything designed to flatter or coax; sweet talk, apple polishing
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Cacophonous
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Adj. harsh sounding, raucous, disordant, dissonant
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Chicanery
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N. trickery, deceptive practices or tactics, double-dealing
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Consign
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V. to give over to anothers care, charge or control; to entrust
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Coup
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N. a highly succesful stroke, act, plan, or sudden takeover of power or leadership
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Euphemisim
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N. a mild or inoffensive expression used in place of a harsh or unpleasant one
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Febrile
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Adj. feverish, frenetic
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Gainsay
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V. to deny, contradict, controvert, oppose
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Imminent
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Adj. about to happen, threatening
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Innate
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Adj. natural, inborn, inherent
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Loath
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Adj, unwilling, reluctant, disinclined
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Manifest
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Adj. clear, evident to the eyes or mind, v. to show plainly, n. a list of cargo and/or passengers
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Minutiae
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N.small or trivial details
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