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- absquatulate: to flee, abscond
- abstemious: restrained in consumption of food and alcohol
- balderdash: nonsense
- ballyhoo: commotion, hype
- bindle stiff: hobo
- bodacious: remarkable, voluptuous
- borborygmus: sound of intestinal gas
- cahoots (in the expression “in cahoots with”): scheming
- callipygian: possessing a shapely derriere
- cantankerous: irritating, difficult
- carbuncle: pustule
- caterwaul: to wail or protest noisily
- cattywampus: in disarray
- cockamamie (also cockamamie): ridiculous
- comeuppance: just deserts
- concupiscent: possessed of erotic desire
- copacetic (also copasetic, copesetic): satisfactory
- curmudgeon: ill-tempered (and often old) person
- debauchery: sensual gratification
- doohickey: gadget or attachment
- effluvium: unpleasant smell
- factotum: all-around servant or attendant
- farrago: confused mixture
- festoon: to decorate; dangling decorative chains
- finagle: to trick
- fisticuffs: fighting with fists
- flabbergasted: dumbfounded
- flagitious: villainous
- flibbertigibbet: flighty person
- flummoxed: confused
- foible: fault
- folderol: nonsense
- foofaraw: flash, frills
- fusty: moldy, musty, old-fashioned
- gallimaufry: mixture, jumble
- gallivant: to jaunt or carouse
- gobbledygook: nonsense, indecipherable writing
- haberdasher: men’s clothier; provider of sundries
- harridan: shrewish woman
- higgledy-piggledy: in a disorganized or confused manner
- high jinks (also hijinks): boisterous antics
- hodgepodge: mixture, jumble
- hokum: nonsense
- hoodwink: to deceive
- hoosegow: jail
- hornswoggle: to dupe or hoax
- hortatory: advisory
- hullabaloo: uproar
- ignoramus: dunce
- imbroglio: confused predicament
- jackanapes: impudent or mischievous person
- jiggery-pokery: deceit
- kerfuffle: disturbance
- lackadaisical: bereft of energy or enthusiasm
- loggerheads (in the expression “at loggerheads”): quarrelsome
- lollygag: to meander, delay
- loquacious: talkative
- louche: disreputable
- lugubrious: mournful, dismal
- malarkey (also malarky): nonsense
- maleficence: evil
- mendacious: deceptive
- oaf: clumsy or stupid person
- obfuscate: confuse, obscure
- obloquy: condemning or abusive language, or the state of being subject to such
- obsequious: flattering
- orotund: sonorous, or pompous
- osculate: to kiss
- paroxysm: convulsion or outburst
- peccadillo: minor offense
- periwinkle: light purplish blue; creeping plant; aquatic snail
- perspicacious: astute
- pettifogger: quibbler; disreputable lawyer
- poltroon: cowardly, coward
- prognosticate: to predict
- pusillanimous: cowardly
- raffish: vulgar
- ragamuffin: dirty, disheveled person
- rambunctious: unruly
- resplendent: brilliantly glowing
- ribaldry: crude or coarse behavior
- rigmarole (also rigamarole): confused talk; complicated procedure
- ruckus: disturbance
- scalawag: scamp
- scofflaw: lawbreaker
- shenanigans: tricks or mischief
- skedaddle: flee
- skulduggery: devious behavior
- spiffy: stylish
- squelch: to suppress or silence; act of silencing; sucking sound
- subterfuge: deception, or deceptive ploy
- supercilious: haughty
- swashbuckler: cocky adventurer; story about the same
- sylph: lithe woman
- tatterdemalion: raggedly dressed person; looking disreputable or decayed
- termagant: shrewish woman
- whirligig: whirling toy; merry-go-round; dizzying course of events
- widdershins (also withershins): counterclockwise, contrary
- willy-nilly: by force, haphazardly
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