schmaltz: \ˈshmȯlts, ˈshmälts\

too sentimental esp. in music or soaps.

Why are people inclined towards schmaltzy soap operas now a days ?

colloquium: \kə-ˈlō-kwē-əm\

academic meeting at which specialists deliver addresses on a topic or on related topics

Students at higher levels learn better by participating in colloquiums.

pecuniary: \pi-ˈkyü-nē-ˌer-ē\

relating to or pertaining to money.

The memorandum of understanding was signed on pecuniary advantage.

parsimony:: \ˈpär-sə-ˌmō-nē\

the fact of being extremely unwilling to spend money

People who are parsimonious should understand that penny wise can be pound foolish.

parlous: \ˈpär-ləs\

full of danger or risk

Who is to be blamed for the parlous condition of the country today!

parlance: \ˈpär-lən(t)s\

formal debate or parley ; a particular way of expressing yourself i.e common/ legal/ modern parlance.

A judge should understand legal parlance, but a commner need not.

plenum \ˈple-nəm, ˈplē-\

a meeting attended by all members of a committee;

the quality or state of being full;

A plenum space or chamber refers to air filled house (at greater pressure than atmospheric pressure)

A plenum assembly is where the legislative assembly is full.






( at greater pressure

phlegmatic: \fleg-ˈma-tik\

having or showing a slow and stolid temperament

They lost the war because they were phlegmatic.

pragmatic: \prag-ˈma-tik\

practical as opposed to idealistic

Pragmatic men of power have had no time or inclination to deal with…social morality

denouement: \ˌdā-ˌnü-ˈmäⁿ, dā-ˈnü-ˌ\

the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work.

Shakespearean plays are well-known for the denouement.

loquacious: \lō-ˈkwā-shəs\ :

full of excessive talk : wordy; talkative

He bored everyone with his loquacious speech.

taciturn: \ˈta-sə-ˌtərn\

temperamentally disinclined to talk; silent

Can a judge be a taciturn ?