Schadenfreude: Delight in another person's misfortune (Pronounced: Shaw-den-froy-duh. German words sound cool)
Transmogrification: A change in the form or shape of a person, especially: * a change from human form to animal form and vice versa* a change in appearance from one person to another
Titivate: To smarten or spruce up
Requiescat: A prayer for the repose of the soul of a dead person (In this context, apparently repose means resting)
Psychographic: Describes consumers on the basis of some psychological trait, characteristics or life style.
Apothegm: A short, witty and instructive saying (Pronounced: Ap-uh-them)
Posit: To postulate, to suggest
Dilettante: An amateur, also an admirer or lover of the fine arts
Expropriate: To deprive of possession; also, to transfer (property) to oneself
Contradistinction: Distinction by contrast
Parvenu: An upstart; one newly risen in class or economic status
Auteur: A filmmaker who has a personal style and keeps creative control over his or her works
Uxorious: Excessively fond of or submissive to a wife
Dudgeon: A state or fit of intense indignation, resentment or ill humor. (Often used in phrase in high dudgeon)
Pathos: A quality that arouses emotions (especially pity or sorrow) "the film captured all the pathos of their situation"
Aubade: A song greeting the dawn
Crotchet: A highly individual and usually eccentric opinion or preference; a whimsical fancy – a peculiar notion held by an individual in opposition to popular opinion
Invidious: Tending to provoke envy, resentment, or ill will.
Subterfuge: Something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick, it was just a subterfuge"
