Roguish – 1.a. Pertaining or appropriate to, characteristic of, rogues (or vagrants); disreputable. b. Vile, wretched. 2. Acting (or wandering) like rogues; knavish or rascally in conduct. 3. Playfully mischievous; arch, waggish. 4. Of plants: Inferior, degenerate.

Chrestomathy – A collection of choice passages from an author or authors, esp. one compiled to assist in the acquirement of a language.