A
noun - a stale, overused expression
Platitude
noun - one who has great power; a ruler
Potentate
noun - a clause in a contract, will, etc, by which its operation is rendered conditional
Proviso
verb - to make thinner, purer, or more refined; to make more refined, exalted or spiritual
Rarefy
adjective - profound, scholarly; beyond ordinary knowledge, obscure
Recondite
noun - any high chief or priest; the Pope
Pontiff
noun - offspring, children
Progeny
noun - a pretended or false apostle
Pseudapostle
noun - mass or dirge for the dead
Requiem
verb - to engage in excessive enthusiasm
Rhapsodize
noun - shrewdness, soundness of perspective
Sagacity
noun - final discharge or acquittal, as from debt or obligation; something that serves to suppress or quiet; removal from activity
Quietus
noun - a complicated, petty set of procedures; incoherent discourse
Rigamarole
noun - practice of lending money and charging the borrower interest, especially at an exorbitant or illegally high rate
Usury
adjective - green, lush
Verdant
adjective - cloyingly sweet
Saccharine
adjective - vulgar, coarse
Scurrilous
noun - an alarm, bell or other signal
Tocsin
adjective - oily, fervently and overly pious or moralistic; having a suave, smooth and insincere manne
Unctuous
adjective - murky, unclear, opaque
Turbid
adjective - optimistic, cheery
Sanguine
adjective - gawdy, cheap, showy; base or low
Tawdry
noun - an odd or unpredictable occurrence or instance; an eccentric or unusual idea
Vagary
noun - a variety show
Vaudeville
verb - to travel, go one’s own way
Wend