Word of the Moment: sangfroid

sang·froid
säNGˈfrwä/Submit
noun
composure or coolness, sometimes excessive, as shown in danger or under trying circumstances.

"He wanted to play the game the way she had, but he had nowhere near the necessary reserve of sarcasm and sangfroid, so he wound up just being honest."  

Source: The Magicians Land, page 163

Word of the Moment: mountebank

moun·te·bank
ˈmountiˌbaNGk/
noun
1. a person who deceives others, esp. in order to trick them out of their money; a charlatan.

He is an insecure, self-centered mountebank, a man of few scruples and limited social graces, but he harbors no delusions that he is duping anyone with his lavender robes and scepter of ersatz emeralds. 
Source: The Biology of Luck, Jacob M. Appel, Chapter 11

Word of the Moment: animadversions

an·i·mad·ver·sion

/ˌanəmadˈvərZHən/

nounformal

1. criticism or censure.

"her animadversion against science"

Dame Darcy, The Illustrated Jane Eyre

At that hour most of the others were sewing likewise; but one class still stood round Miss Scatcherd's chair reading, and as all was quiet, the subject of their lessons could be heard, together with the manner in which each girl acquitted herself, and the animadversions or commendations of Miss Scatcherd on the performance.  

Source: Jane Eyre, Charlotte Brontë, Chapter 6

(I'm going to start posting words I'm unfamiliar with, are rarely used in modern language, or just sound cool. This is more of a personal bookmark, but maybe you'll enjoy it, too.)