disingenuousingenuousingenious: These have always confused me. When I hear "disingenuous" it always sounds as if it's the opposite of "ingenious", but no, it's the opposite of "ingenuous" (note the 'u', not 'i'). Roughly speaking, "disingenuous" is to be creatively insincere, whereas "ingenuous" is to be unable to be devious. Whereas, "ingenious" is to be clever or inventive. Being clever and inventive helps you to be disingenuous so that makes it even more confusing. I like the fact that "The meaning of disingenuous has been shifting about lately, as if people are unsure of its proper meaning", because this allows words which aren't performing their duty to be reassigned to a different meaning.
bovulation - This could be a wiredism. I made a note of it whilst reading, and now google just gives me a "huh?". Perhaps those neologists are trying to kick-start a new coinage? Rats. I'll have to go find the hard-copy now...
gracile - "gracefully slender"/, which apparently can be applied to dinosaurs. How do they know it was graceful? Hmm, interesting, my Apple Dictionary (which I of course can't link to) says it comes from Anthropology:
adjective Anthropology
(of a hominid species) of slender build.
• (of a person) slender or thin, esp. in a charming or attractive way.
ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from Latin gracilis ‘slender.’
evanescence - "the event of fading and gradually vanishing from sight". I'm sure jQuery will at some point get a "$('foo').evanesce()" method.
aphoristic - containing aphorisms, which are a "A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion". For example: "That which does not destroy us makes us stronger." (Nietzsche) I've always thought this should be "That which does not destroy us leaves us with a debilitating illness", but then that's just me.
indefatigable - showing sustained enthusiastic action with unflagging vitality, bonus: means unermüdlich in german.
Widdershins - in a direction opposite to the usual (seen in the context of an article written by someone who'd had a sex change, referring to his position in society)
Spatchcock - (flattened, cooked, baby chicken) forgot where I saw this.
Boosterism - talking up your town or organisation (this just randomly popped into my head the other day and I can't remember why)
augur - to predict the future (similar to bode, or presage)
picaresque - (saw this applied to a Feynmann book) of or relating to rogues or rascals; also : of, relating to, suggesting, or being a type of fiction dealing with the episodic adventures of a usually roguish protagonist
forlorn - interestingly enough, this is related to "verloren". This makes sense as verloren means "lost".
pugnacious - tough, prone to violence
haptic propinquity - god, even looking this up, I can't work out what it means. Something to do with close touching?
excursus - a digression
dyspeptic - suffering from indigestion
tendentious - "a strong tendency especially a controversial one"
anachronistic - out of place in time. You could say, for example, that public telephone boxes are anachronistic.
opprobium - "Disgrace arising from exceedingly shameful conduct"
adroit - skillful under pressure
insouciant - casual unconcern
outrè - unconventional
Stakhanovite - I shall let wikipedia speak
assignations - meetings between lovers
sybaritic - marked by pleasure and luxury
boulevardier - a man about town
sanctimoniousness - Making a show of being morally better than others.
perquisite - fringe benefit. I find this funny given the meaning of "prerequisite". Also, amazingly, it took a sleep and a shower before I realised that this may be where "perk" comes from.