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Malfeasance
The thugs were arrested for malfeasance.
Wrongdoing
Vehemently
He vehemently expressed his love by send her 10 thousand roses.
Showing strong feelings
Gauche
The gauche teenager was having difficulty playing basketball after his growth spurt.
Lacking grace, akward
foil
Once again spiderman foiled the supervillian's plan to take of the world.
hinder or prevent, as an effort, plan, or desire
preponderance
And with the preponderance of evidence the criminal was found guilty.
the largest part or greatest amount
Hubris
The life-long politician, who thought was going to win, lost due to his hubris.
Excessive pride
Zenith
The group celebrated with great joy after reaching the zenith of Mount Everest.
Peak
Berate
The man in red was berated for not agreeing with the cult in blue.
Scold or criticise
fortuitous
I guess you can say winning a million euros was rather fortuitous.
happening by a lucky chance; fortunate
trite
That cliche is definitely trite.
repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
Emulate
My mother always wanted me to emulate my 'great' older brother.
Match or surpass
Trounce
The boys freshman football team trounced the girls varsity team.
Defeat heavily in a contest
Abet
The woman was also arrested for aiding and abetting her husband.
Encourage or assist in doing something wrong
instigate
The bully was instigating the poor boy to attack him by talk about 'his mama'
provoke or stir up
veracity
I can't believe people think that the news is full of veracity after being so mendacious for so many years.
unwillingness to tell lies
Paramount
Loving one's family is paramount. Nothing is more important.
More important than anything else.
Cache
To the young girls dismay, her cache of sweets was found by her parents.
A collection of similar items stored in a secret place
accost
The professor accosted the student in front of the whole class for not agreeing with him.
approach and speak to someone aggressively or insistently
mendacious
Some women think that all men are mendacious. So that is why men are not trusted.
given to lying
onerous
The father quickly figured out that taking care of the triplets was an onerous task.
difficult to do or needing a lot of effort
Sedition
The vocal man was arrested for sedition after his speech drove people to burn down the neighbourhood.
Conduct or speech inciting people to rebel.
Ostracise
The man was ostracised from the village after steal many of his neighbours' crops and farm animals.
Exclude from a society or group
Candor
The young boy's candor was not expected when he confessed to breaking the vase.
the quality of being honest and straightforward
platitude
Once again the coach mouthed the platitude 'It doesn't matter who wins or loses as long as you did your best.'
a trite or obvious remark
hapless
Just because I am always unlucky doesn't make me hapless.
unlucky and usually unhappy