Words I don't know - but should...with definitions, thankfully!

Sadly, these we gleamed from ONLY the 1.8.06 NYT magazine - yikes!

1. Pejorative
Tending to make or become worse. Disparaging; belittling

2. Invidious
Tending to rouse ill will, animosity, or resentment: invidious accusations. Containing or implying a slight; discriminatory: invidious distinctions.

3. Obeisance
A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or homage.

4. Ineluctability
Not to be avoided or escaped; inevitable

5. Obdurate
Hardened in wrongdoing or wickedness; stubbornly impenitent. Not giving in to persuasion; intractable


Thanks to Dictionary.com :-) for the definitions