Internecine

(1) Of, or relating to, conflict within a nation, an organization, or a group.
(2) Mutually destructive; involving, or accompanied by, mutual slaughter.
(3) Deadly; destructive; marked by slaughter.

Inculcate

To impress (something) upon the mind of another by frequent instruction or repetition; instill: inculcating sound principles.

Prestidigitation

(1) Performance of or skill in performing magic or conjuring tricks with the hands; sleight of hand.
(2) A show of skill or deceitful cleverness.

Sibyl

(1) any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
(2a) a female prophet
(2b) fortune teller

Pleonasm

The use of more words than those necessary to denote mere sense. Example: the man he said.

Paroxysm

(1) A sudden outburst of emotion or action: a paroxysm of laughter.
(2a) A sudden attack, recurrence, or intensification of a disease.
(2b) A spasm or fit; a convulsion.

Bonhomie

A pleasant and affable disposition; geniality.

Gorp

A mixture of high-energy foods, such as nuts and dried fruit, eaten as a snack. Synonym: trail mix

Reticule

A drawstring purse or handbag. Also reticle.

Glissando

A rapid slide through a series of consecutive tones in a scalelike passage.

Cantilever

(1) A projecting structure, such as a beam, that is supported at one end and carries a load at the other end or along its length.
(2) A member, such as a beam, that projects beyond a fulcrum and is supported by a balancing member or a downward force behind the fulcrum.

Harridan

A woman regarded as scolding and vicious.

Sanguinary

(1) Accompanied by bloodshed.
(2) Eager for bloodshed; bloodthirsty.
(3) Consisting of blood.

Sundry

adj
consisting of a haphazard assortment of different kinds (even to the point of incongruity)

n
article too small or numerous to be specified; miscellaneous item

Miasma

(1) A noxious atmosphere or influence: "The family affection, the family expectations, seemed to permeate the atmosphere... like a coiling miasma."

(2a) A poisonous atmosphere formerly thought to rise from swamps and putrid matter and cause disease.
(2b) A thick vaporous atmosphere or emanation: wreathed in a miasma of cigarette smoke.