Impotent

powerless; lacking strength

Imprecation

a curse

Jocular

humorous, lighthearted

Juxtapose

to place side by side for comparison

Kinetic

pertaining to motion

Kismet

destiny; fate; fortune (one's lot in life)

Knell

a sound made by a bell rung slowly for a death or funeral

Labyrinth

a complicated network of winding passages; a maze

Lachrymose

tearful, weepy

Laconic

using few words; short; concise

Lambent

softly bright or radient;

running or moving lightly over a surface

Languid

sluggish; drooping from weakness

Lascivious

lustful or lewd; inciting sexual desire

Legerdemain

sleight of hand; deception

Libertine

one who leads an immoral life

Machination

an evil design or plan

Macroscopic

visible to the naked eye

Maelstrom

whirlpool; turbulence;

agitated state of mind

Malapropism

a word humorously misused

Malleable

capable of being changed; easily shaped

Martinet

a strict disciplinarian; taskmaster

Masochist

one who enjoys his or her own pain and suffering

Mendacious

lying; false; deceitful

Meretricious

attractive in a cheap, flashy way

Milieu

environment, setting

Miscreant

a vicious person

Nebulous

hazy, vague, uncertain

Necromancy

magic, especially that practiced by a witch

Neologism

use of a new word;

making up a new word or definition

Nihilism

a total rejection of established laws