1. awkward, embarrassing, or unsophisticated ways.

“He had hoped that she had long since gotten over various gaucheries such as smelling her Q-tips after cleaning her ears and picking at her toenails during therapy.  He was, once again, disappointed.”

1. enjoy oneself or celebrate in a noisy or boisterous way.
   “Having destroyed the the last of his enemies in the village, he and his men roistered in the town church though the night before burning it down at dawn.”

1. lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm.
   “The ecstasy had worn off of most revelers by the time the sun rose over the desert; however, a few people hadn’t gotten the memo, and continued dancing in a rather desultory fashion.”
2. (of conversation or speech) going constantly from one subject to another in a halfhearted way; unfocused.
   “Of all my patients, the schizophrenics are the most annoying: their attempts at conversation are desultory on the best of days, and their therapy goes nowhere.”
3. occurring randomly or occasionally.
   “Desultory ne’er-do-wells began appearing claiming to be heirs to his artistic fortune.”

1. extreme poverty; destitution.

1. urge or request (someone) solemnly or earnestly to do something.
   “It is with nothing but love and respect that I adjure you to please, for the love of God, shut your word hole for just 5 minutes so that I can listen to the rest of this sonata in peace.”

1. 1.
   recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources.
   “Dammit, Englebert!  You will not be profligate with my sausages!”

1. 1.
   a licentious, dissolute person.

1. threatening harm; menacing.
   “Bill shot a baleful glance in her direction, and she knew it was high time for some shut-mouth.”
2. having a harmful or destructive effect

“Like Kali or Medusa or a big bag of cancer, this woman’s presence was always a baleful thing, regardless of time, place, or situation.”

noun

the inferred responsibility of privileged people to act with generosity and nobility toward those less privileged.

“There was to being a celebrity a certain element of noblesse oblige, which he deeply and consistently resented.”

noun

the appearance in consciousness of memory images which are not recognized as such but which appear as original creations

1. a person’s facial features or expression, especially when regarded as indicative of character or ethnic origin.
2. • the supposed art of judging character from facial characteristics.
   • the general form or appearance of something.