<p>Zora Neale Hurston had reached the nadir of her literary career when she had to work as a maid to support herself.</p>
<p>opprobrium</p>
<p>December 7, 1941, Pearl Harbor Day, will live in opprobrium to Americans for ages.</p>
<p>no word? okay..deleterious
The neurosurgeon removed the deleterious tumor from the patient's brain.</p>
<p>obfuscate</p>
<p>totally forgot a word, i am sorry.</p>
<p>haha obfuscate... The computer hacker clearly didn't want anyone to understand his message after obfuscating it extensively</p>
<p>word: colliquoy</p>
<p>After an intense colloquy, the friends reached an agreement. </p>
<p>hubris</p>
<p>After **hubris **comes nemesis, and Odysseus was a person who got to know that the hard way.</p>
<p>filandering</p>
<p>The philandering husband participated in several extramarital love affairs without his wife knowing.</p>
<p>trenchant</p>
<p>As a critic, James was very trenchant; he thought that being caustic was central to a good critic. </p>
<p>nuance</p>
<p>The writing portion of the SAT tests your knowledge of the nuances of the English language.</p>
<p>idiosyncrasy</p>
<p>Because the new employee had experience working with a host of strange people, he was easily able to handle the idiosyncrasies of the office.</p>
<p>apparatchik</p>
<p>The government arrested him, because he was seen working with a apparatchik organization. </p>
<p>conjugal</p>
<p>Conjugal relations are often strained because of petty disagreements between husband and wife.</p>
<p>jejune</p>
<p>The movie was so jejune that I had to struggle to keep from falling asleep.</p>
<p>Xanadu.</p>
<p>As I approached the xanadu, my eyes sparkled by the beauty of it.</p>
<p>Demeanor</p>
<p>The kind demeanor of the young girl towards the homeless man charmed the strangers who passed her by.</p>
<p>chicanery (oh how I hate that word!!) (also, how do you get it to bold?)</p>
<p>You know what that's called, hating a word but using it? Masochism! :D :p</p>
<p>He managed to get the position of the Deputy Director through **chicanery, **rather than because of his own values and abilities. </p>
<p>histrionics</p>
<p>The actress displayed exemplerary histrionics and glistened throughout her performance.</p>
<p>Abrogate</p>
<p>Before i took the final exam i abrogated my nervousness, and focused on doing well on the test.</p>
<p>Mortify</p>
<p>My parents were extremely mortified with my new lip piercing; they weren't exactly pleased with my tattoo either.</p>
<p>Hoary</p>
<p>The museum was filled with exhibits of hoary artifacts from civilizations long since gone.</p>
<p>moiety</p>