egregious - outstandingly bad
mollify - to lessen anger or anxiety
quibble - slight object or criticism
proscribe - officially forbid
provenance - a record of ownership of a work of art or antique
cadaverous - corpse like thin and emaciated
condescending - behaving as if one is better than other people
remit - cancel a task/ task given to an individual or organization

"This is the first day of the rest of our lives"
- Dante Hicks from Clerks 2

"In view of the somewhat nebulous and inexplicit nature of your remit, and the arguably marginal and peripheral nature of your influence on the central deliberations and decisions within the political process, there would be a case for restructuring their action priorities in such a way as to eliminate your liquidation from their immediate agenda."
-Sir Humphrey Appleby to Jim Hacker, upon a terrorist organization's withdrawal of its assassination threat to Hacker