Short words
noun - goods thrown overboard, especially when found on shore
Jetsam
noun - dishonest or tricky dealing, an instance of trickery or mischief
Knavery
noun - a destructive whirlpool which rapidly sucks in objects
Maelstrom
adjective - not easily roused to feeling or action
Phlegmatic
noun - the art of education
Pedagogy
verb - to cast off, throw cargo overboard
Jettison
adjective - easily flexed, limber, agile
Lissome
noun - favoritism bestowed upon family members or close friends, especially in business or politics
Nepotism
verb - to render incomprehensible, to confuse beyond understanding
Obfuscate
noun - the branch of philosophy dealing with the ultimate nature of reality or being
Ontology
noun - the solemn sound of a bell, often indicating a death
Knell
noun - powerful or influential person
Magnate
noun - a beggar
Mendicant
adjective - boisterous
Obstreperous
adjective - sorrowful, mournful, dismal, especially in an exaggerated or affected manner
Lugubrious
verb - to turn into bone, to become rigid or inflexible
Ossify
adjective - characterized by sick sentimentality
Mawkish
adjective - depending on alms for a living; practicing begging
Mendicant
adjective - disloyal, unfaithful
Perfidious
adjective - miserly, stingy; extremely poor
Penurious
noun - a fleeting feeling of hurt pride, indignation
Pique
verb - to have a substantial effect
Militate
adjective - sweet sounding; flowing smoothly
Mellifluous
adjective - stubbornly persistent
Pertinacious
adjective - tearful
Lachrymose