aperçu (en)

(borrowed from French) a comment or brief reference that makes an illuminating or entertaining point

brio (en)

(noun) brilliance, panache, quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous

cursillo (en)

an ecumenical Christian program whose goal is to "bring God from the head to the heart"

emendation (en)

the process of making a revision or correction to a text

expiate (en)

atone for (guilt or sin)

fantods (en)

feeling of deep fear or repulsion

farrago (en)

a confused mixture

limn (en)

(verb) depict or describe in painting or words; suffuse or highlight (something) with a bright color or light

louche (en)

disreputable or sordid in a rakish or appealing way

miglior fabbro (it)

Italian for "the better craftsman"; from the dedication to Ezra Pound in T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land; itself a quote from Dante's Divine Comedy

pabulum (en)

bland or insipid intellectual fare, entertainment, etc.; pap

prosopopoeia (en)

a figure of speech in which an abstract thing is personified OR an imagined or absent person or thing is represented as speaking (literally, "mask-making")

rubicund (en)

(adj, especially of someone's face) having a ruddy complexion; high-colored

satyriasis (en)

uncontrollable or excessive sexual desire in a man

sedulous (en)

(adjective) involving or accomplished with careful perseverance / (adjective) diligent in application or pursuit

shunt (en)

to disarm an alarm system by creating a new circuit for the electricity

tocsin (en)

an alarm bell or signal (from Old French)

ukase (en)

an edict of the Russian government OR an arbitrary command