deshabille - partly dressed state
hubris - arrogance
lucre - profits
mendacity - lying
egregious - extremely bad
apocryphal - of doubtful authenticity
demagogue - a leader championing the cause of the common people
ostensibly - evident/conspicuous
febrile - feverish
inexorable - unstoppable
sequester - separate
prognosticate - to tell from signs/symptoms

- Got from Zero Hedge & "Traders, Guns & Money" - Satyajit Das