Strop

Picayune

small or insignificant

with the meaning deriving from an old French word for a small coin.

Inveterate

Habitual, chronic, established

Staid

Sedate or proper

Sybarite

Hedonist; Person devoted to pursuing sensual pleasurea

Charlatan

A quack; A fake; 

Person who pretends to have expert

knowledge or skill that he/she does not have; mountebank

Mountebank

A charlatan, a quack

Ingenuous

Sincere; Artless;

Lacking cunning, guile or worldliness

Imperious

Haughty, overbearing, domineering

Boon

Benefit, favor

(n)

Indescretion

Lack of tact, lack of discretion;

a violation of that which is thought to be proper or appropriate

Scurrilous

Course or abusive, Derisive

Phlegmatic

Calm, sluggish temperament;

unemotional

Accouter

to outfit and equip, as for military duty

Anneal

To heat then cool order to strengthen/harden;

To strengthen or harden.

Analect

a fragment or extract from literature

Collection of teachings, as the Analects of Confucius

Analeptic

Restorative or stimulating, as a drug or medication

A medication used as a CNS stimulant

Anchorite

Hermit, Recluse

Person who has retired into seclusion for religious reasons

Anile

Of or like a foolish, doddering old woman

Animadversion

An unfavorable or censorious comment;/p>

Act of criticizing

Avocation

An occupation of lesser importance that is typically pursued for pleasure not income

Avouch

To declare or assert with positiveness

To assume responsibility for; vouch for; guarantee

To admit; confess.

Appurtenance

An adjunct; an appendage; an accessory

Atomization

Breaking in to small bits

Abrogate

To repeal, as in a law;

To annul something through an authoritave act

Arrogate

To assume, or claim as one's own

Ablution

Washing or cleaning (oneself);

Absolve

Adipose

fatty; consisting of, resembling, or relating to fat

Autocrat

An individual who rules with absolute power

Asinine

Having the qualities of the ass;

Stupid and obstinate