surreptitious \sur-up-TISH-us; suh-rep-\, adjective:
1. Done, made, or gotten by stealth.
2. Acting with or marked by stealth.

claque \KLACK\, noun:
1. A group hired to applaud at a performance.
2. A group of fawning admirers.

proclivity \pro-KLIV-uh-tee\, noun:
A natural inclination; predisposition.

dissolute \DIS-uh-loot\, adjective:
Loose in morals and conduct; marked by indulgence in sensual pleasures or vices.

nefarious \nuh-FAIR-ee-uhs\, adjective:
Wicked in the extreme; iniquitous.

atrocious \ah-TRO-shus\, adjective:
Extremely evil or cruel; monstrous, abominable.

odd \ahd\, adjective:
Deviating from what is ordinary, usual, or expected; strange or peculiar.

supine \soo-PYN; SOO-pyn\, adjective:
1. Lying on the back, or with the face upward.
2. Indolent; listless; inactive; mentally or morally lethargic.

garrulous \GAIR-uh-lus; GAIR-yuh-\, adjective:
1. Talking much, especially about commonplace or trivial things; talkative.
2. Wordy. From Latin garrulus, from garrire, "to chatter, to babble."

extant \EK-stunt; ek-STANT\, adjective:
Still existing; not destroyed, lost, or extinct.

panegyric \pan-uh-JIR-ik; -JY-rik\, noun:
1. A lofty, formal composition or speech in praise of someone or something.
2. Formal or elaborate praise.

Panglossian \pan-GLOSS-ee-uhn\, adjective:
Excessively or naively optimistic.

supercilious \soo-puhr-SIL-ee-uhs\, adjective:
Disdainfully arrogant; haughty.

transmogrify \trans-MOG-ruh-fy\, transitive verb:
To change into a different shape or to transform, often with bizarre or humorous effect.

spurious \SPER-ee-uhs\, adjective:
Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine; false.

rusticate \RUHS-tih-kayt\, intransitive verb:
To go into or reside in the country; to pursue a rustic life.

defenestrate \dee-FEN-uh-strayt\, transitive verb:
To throw out of a window.

superfluous \soo-PER-floo-us\, adjective:
More than is wanted or is sufficient; rendered unnecessary by superabundance; unnecessary; useless; excessive.

venerate \VEN-uh-rayt\, transitive verb:
To treat someone or something with deep respect, reverence or deference; to revere.

obstreperous \uhb-STREP-uhr-uhs; ob-\, adjective:
1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant; unruly.
2. Noisy, clamorous, or boisterous.

insuperable \in-SOO-pur-uh-bul\, adjective:
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome; insurmountable; as, "insuperable barrier."

malapropism \mal-uh-PROP-iz-uhm\, noun:
The usually unintentionally humorous misuse of a word, especially by confusion with one of similar sound; also, an example of such misuse.