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| Description of exultation (noun) act of rejoicing; joy; gaiety; glee Samples of exultation Unpleasant and smelly as the operation was, she felt a surge of exultation when she cut the thread of the last suture and surveyed her unconscious patient.
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| Description of demagogue (noun) one who manipulates public emotions to gain power or popularity Samples of demagogue The greatest demagogue in history no longer had an audience. For any would-be telegenic demagogue, Mr Bruce offers a lot of practical advice, most of it garnered when he was the Tories' director of communications.
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| Description of parody (noun) piece of work imitating another in a satirical manner; poor imitation Samples of parody The play was a parody of the Prince and Princess's marital difficulties. Ugh! This is a parody of a fashionable dress!
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| Description of aptness (noun) suitability; ability Samples of aptness Unlikely as it may seem now, it was Evelyn Waugh who came to Wilson's defense and acknowledged the brilliance and aptness of the book's main conceit, which - given the turn of events in Eastern and Central Europe - is apropos once more.
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| Description of myriad (noun) large number; a lot; innumerable; endless; infinitive; multiple Samples of myriad Since the economic downturn, young college graduates no longer have the myriad job options that they would have had just three years ago. Gazing up on the clear, dark midnight sky, the astronomer saw a myriad of stars.
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| Description of hoax (noun) trick or deception; a practical joke Samples of hoax Mention of the press's glee at the humiliation of the investigators behind this summer's high-profile surveillance project Operation Blackbird, who were fooled by an obvious hoax, brings out Tarr's own nascent conspiracy theory.
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| Description of fiasco (noun) ludicrous and complete failure; disaster Samples of fiasco In effect, Mr Mulroney is asking the man he supplanted as Conservative prime minister to complete the job which, after last year's fiasco about the Meech Lake constitutional reform package, he himself has no longer the credibility to perform.
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| Description of aristocracy (noun) government by the best people; privileged class Samples of aristocracy Horse-racing, a sport that had largely remained in the hands of the aristocracy and which was the object of criticism from bourgeois ideologues and socialists alike, grew rapidly in popularity.
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| Description of blemish (noun) disfigurement; defect; flaw; fault Samples of blemish It is rare for an instrument to prove objectionable to the Houses on any of these grounds and the vast majority of those to which the committee draws attention are innocent of serious blemish. He was a handsome man, with neat geometrical features, but it was this mysterious blemish which, I couldn't help thinking, was the secret of his success with women.
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| Description of admonition (noun) reproof; warning; reproval Samples of admonition A good parent does not let his or her child do anything; there have to be proper guidelines, firm but loving admonition at times and clear but gentle encouragement.
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