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voluble
fluent, verbal, having easy use of spoken language
vitiate
to corrupt, spoil
stygian
gloomy, dark
stentorian
extremely loud and powerful
sententious
aphoristic or moralistic
saturnine
gloomy, dark, sullen, morose
salutary
remedial, wholesome, causing improvement
salacious
lustful, lascivious, bawdy
sagacious
having sound judgment
pusillanimous
cowardly, craven
puissance
power, strength
puerile
childish, immature, jejune
propitiate
to appease, to conciliate
prolix
long-winded, verbose
plangent
pounding, thundering, resounding
peroration
the concluding part of a speech; flowery, rhetorical speech
pellucid
transparent, easy to understand, limpid
parsimonious
cheap, miserly
palliate
to make something seem less serious
ossified
tending to become more rigid, conventional, and reactionary with age
obstreperous
noisily and stubbornly defiant
nonplussed
baffled, bewildered, at a loss
nadir
low point
minatory
menacing, threatening
meretricious
cheap, gaudy, tawdry, flashy, showy
mendicant
a beggar, supplicant
lubricious
lewd, wanton, greasy, slippery
jejune
vapid, uninteresting, childish, immature
insouciant
unconcerned, carefree, heedless
ineluctable
certain, inevitable
imbroglio
difficult or embarrassing situation
heterodox
unorthodox, heretical
gainsay
to deny, dispute, contradict, oppose
fatuous
silly, inanely foolish
extirpate
to destroy, exterminate, cut out
expiate
to atone or make amends for
execrate
denounce, feel loathing for, curse, declare to be evil
excoriate
to censure scathingly, to upbraid
diffident
reserved, shy, unassuming; lacking in self-confidence
diaphanous
transparent; gauzy
desultory
random; aimless; marked by a lack of plan or purpose
desuetude
disuse (noun)
descry
to discriminate or discern
denouement
an outcome or solution; the unraveling of a plot
contumacious
insubordinate, rebellious
celerity
speed, alacrity; (like accelerate)
cavil
to find fault without good reason
captious
disposed to point out trivial faults, calculated to confuse or entrap in argument
calumniate
to slander, make a false accusation
bellicose
belligerent, pugnacious, warlike
augury
omen, portent
asseverate
to aver, allege, assert
asperity
severity, rigor; roughness, harshness; acrimony, irritability
apotheosis
deification, glorification, a model of excellence or perfection
apostate
one who abandons long-held religious or political convictions
anodyne
soothing, something that assuages or allays pain or comforts
adumbrate
to foreshadow vaguely or intimate; to suggest or outline sketchily; to obscure or overshadow
abjure
to renounce or reject solemnly; to recant; to avoid
table
to remove from consideration
stand
a group of trees
quail
to lose courage, turn frightened
pied
multicolored, usually in blotches
obtain
to be established, accepted, or customary
nice
exacting, fastidious, extremely precise
mince
pronounce or speak affectedly, euphemize, speak too carefully
guy
a rope, cord, or cable attached to something as a brace or guide
grouse
to complain or grumble
flip
sarcastic, impertinent, as in flippant
essay
to test or try; attempt, experiment
die
a tool used for shaping, as in a tool-and-die shop
consequential
pompous, self-important
brook
to tolerate, endure, countenance
vituperate
to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely or abusively; berate
untenable
indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
trenchant
sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
spendthrift
one who spends money wastefully
refulgent
radiant; shiny; brilliant
rarefy
to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
quotidian
occurring or recurring daily; commonplace
probity
adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity; uprightness
phlegmatic
calm; sluggish; unemotional
mollify
to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
laconic
using few words; terse
intractable
not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
inimical
damaging; harmful; injurious
impetuous
hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
hubris
overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
dilettante
one with an amateurish or superficial interest n the arts or a branch of knowledge
desiccate
to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
credulous
tending to believe too readily; gullible
amenable
agreeable; responsive to suggestion
acerbic
having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting
tenuous
having little substance or strength; flimsy; weak
spurious
lacking authenticity or validity; false; counterfeit
specious
seeming true, but actually being fallacious; misleadingly attractive; plausible but false
salubrious
promoting health or well-being
recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage
rancorous
characterized by bitter, long-lasting resentment
querulous
prone to complaining or grumbling; peevish
prodigal
recklessly wasteful; extravagant; profuse; lavish
polemical
controversial; argumentative
platitude
a superficial remark, esp. one offered as meaningful
pithy
precise and brief
pith
the essential or central part
penury
poverty; destitution
opprobrium
disgrace; contempt; scorn
occlude
to obstruct or block
obsequious
exhibiting a fawning attentiveness
misanthrope
one who hates all other humans
impassive
revealing no emotion
impunity
immunity from punishment or penalty
inchoate
in an initial stage; not fully formed
insipid
without taste of flavor; lacking in spirit; bland
mendacity
the condition of being untruthful; dishonesty
halcyon
calm and peaceful
dissemble
to disguise or conceal; to mislead
aver
to state as a fact; to declare or assert
vilify
to defame; to characterize harshly
urbane
sophisticated; refined; elegant
torpid
lethargic; sluggish; dormant
redoubtable
awe-inspiring; worthy of honor
quiescence
stillness; motionlessness; quality of being at rest
quaff
to drink deepy
putrefy
to rot; to decay adn give off a foul odor
preen
to dress up; to primp; to groom oneself with elaborate care
penurious
penny-pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous
incipient
beginning to come into being or to become apparent
intransigent
refusing to compromise
innocuous
harmless; causing no damage
inert
unmoving; lethargic; sluggish
impecunious
lacking funds; without money
harrangue
(verb/noun) to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; a long, pompous speech
facetious
playful; humorous
enigmatic
mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand
emollient
soothing, esp. to the skin; making less harsh; mollifying an agent that softens or smoothes the skin
ebullience
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings
demur
(verb) to question or oppose
contrite
regretful; penitent; seeking forgiveness
cogent
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing
chary
wary; cautious; sparring
bucolic
rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants
ameliorate
to make better or more tolerable
virulent
extremely harmful or poisonous; bitterly hostile or antagonistic
truculent
fierce and cruel; eager to fight
solicitous
concerned and attentive; eager
stymie
to block; thwart
reticent
quiet; reserved; reluctant to express thoughts and feelings
prevaricate
to deliberately avoid the truth; to mislead
precipitate
acting with excesssive haste or impulse (adj.)
perspicacious
acutely perceptive; having keen discernment
obviate
to anticipate and make unnecessary (to prevent)
fulminate
to loudly attack or denounce
exculpate
exonerate; to clear of blame
equivocate
to use ambiguous language with a deceptive intent
enervate
to weaken; to reduce in vitality
alacrity
eager and enthusiastic willingness
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