refractory (persons)
Hard or impossible to manage; stubbornly disobedient.

sagacity
Sound judgment.

schmuck
Obnoxious, contemptible, clumsy or stupid person.

schrecklichkeit
Frightfulness; horror.

soubrette
Maidservant in a play displaying coquetry, pertness, and a tendency to
engage in intrigue. Flirtatious or frivolous young woman.

trepanning
Using a small circular saw with a center pin mounted on a strong
hollow metal shaft that is attached a transverse handle: used in
surgery to remove circular disks of bone from the skull.

ululation
Howl, as a dog or a wolf; hoot, as an owl; to lament loudly and
shrilly.

Vallombrosa
Resort in central Italy, near Florence; a famous abbey.

vicegerent
Person appointed by a head of state to act as an administrative deputy.

voluble
Continuous flow of words; fluent; glib; talkative: articulate,
garrulous, loquacious.