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- Affable
- Easy to talk to, friendly, kind, gentle
- Atrophy
- To waste away or deteriorate
- Capricious
- Likely to change suddenly and for no reason
- Complacent
- Self-satisfied, unconcerned, smug
- Corroborate
- To confirm, to support with other evidence
- Diligent
- industrius, hard working, assiduous
- Egregious
- remarkably bad, offensive
- Epiphany
- a sudden realization
- Fastidious
- not easy to please, particular, daintily refined
- guile
- slyness, cunning, skillful deceit
- Imperious
- arrogant, domineering, overbearing
- Infamous
- having a bad reputation, notorious
- Languish
- to beome weak, to suffer with longing
- Malign
- To make evil, harmful statements, to slander
- Miserly
- greedy and stingy
- Omnipotent
- having unlimited power
- Pious
- devoutly religious
- Prevail
- To be victorious over, to be stronger
- Purge
- to cleanse or purify by elimination
- Reprove
- to find fault with, to express disapproval
- sedentary
- tending to sit too much of the time
- surreptitious
- stealthy, secret
- trite
- overused, not original
- verbose
- wordy, long-winded
- wily
- sly, clever
- acquiesce
- to agree passively
- antithesis
- contrast, exact opposite
- bilious
- irritable
- clemency
- a merciful, kind, or leniant act
- contrite
- feeling regret for wrongdoings
- deleterious
- harmful
- doleful
- filled with grief, mournful
- enigma
- puzzle, mystery
- exonerate
- to free from blame
- garrulous
- wordy and rambling, talkative
- heinous
- grossly wicked, hatefully bad
- incite
- to provoke and urge on
- innocuous
- harmless, having no bad effect
- levity
- lightness of manner or speech
- meticulous
- extremely careful, concerned with details
- nullify
- to make invalid, invalidate
- perfunctory
- done routinely, not thorough
- preclude
- to make impossible, prevent
- prudent
- cautious, careful, prude
- remote
- located far away, faint or slight
- sanguine
- cheerfully confident, optimistic
- subtle
- slight, not obvious
- tenacious
- holding firmly
- vacillate
- to fluctuate, to sway indecisively
- vacuous
- empty, lacking intelligence
- adversary
- opponent, enemy
- arduous
- laborious, difficult to do, strenuous
- brevity
- breifness, shortness, terseness
- coercion
- the act of forcing to act in a certain way
- copious
- plentiful, abundant
- deprecate
- to express disapproval of
- duplicity
- tricky or dishonest dealing
- enmity
- deep-seated, often mutual hatred
- expedite
- to speed up or make easy
- glib
- done with a natural, offhand ease
- heresy
- controversial or unorthodox opinion or doctrine
- incredulous
- disbelieving or skeptical
- indict
- to charge with having committed a crime
- insipid
- without flavor, unexciting, dull
- loquacious
- very talkative
- Misanthrope
- one who hates or distrusts all people
- obliterate
- to do away with completely
- pariah
- a social outcast
- pejorative
- tending to make or become worse
- presumptuous
- overstepping proper bounds, too bold or forward
- repeal
- to revoke, cancel, or annul
- scrupulous
- conscientious and exact, principled
- superfluous
- being more than is needed or wanted
- terse
- brief and to the point
- vindicate
- to clear from blame, accusation, or suspicion
- aesthetic
- artistically beautiful or pleasing
- assiduous
- diligent, unceasing, persistant
- cajole
- to coax with flattery and insincere talk
- compel
- to pressure by force
- cordial
- warm and friendly
- didactic
- morally instructive, boringly pedantic
- eclectic
- combining elements from a variety of sources
- ephemeral
- lasting for a markedly brief time
- facilitate
- to make easy or easier
- gregarious
- seeking and enjoying others' company
- impede
- to delay or obstruct the process of
- inept
- inappropriate, foolish, incompetent
- laconic
- terse or concise
- lugubrious
- exaggeratedly mournful or gloomy
- misconstrue
- to think of or explain wrongly
- obstinate
- unreasonably determined to have one's own way
- phlegmatic
- hard to make excited or active, dull
- pretentious
- claiming to be more important, elegant, etc. than is so
- pugnacious
- eager and ready to fight, quarrelsome
- reprimand
- to scold harshly or formally
- scrutinize
- to look at carefully or examine closely
- surly
- bad-tempered, rude and unfriendly
- transient
- passing away with time, temporary
- veracity
- truthfulness, accuracy or precision
- whimsical
- full of or characterized by odd or fanciful notions
- Assuage
- to make something bad less severe
- Carte blanche
- unrestricted power or authority
- concoct
- to devise using skill and intelligence, to prepare by mixing ingredients
- demure
- modest and reservedly shy
- disavow
- to disclaim knowledge of, responsibility for, or association with
- ennui
- boredom, the blues, melancholy
- faux pas
- a social blunder
- impugn
- to attack by words or arguments, to expose as false
- incessant
- continuing without interruption
- infallible
- incapable of falling or making a mistake
- insidious
- working or speading harmfully in a subtle or stealthy manner
- Malaise
- an indefinite feeling of weakness or lack of health
- minutia
- a small or trivial detail
- nebulous
- vague, hazy
- nonchalance
- casual lack of concern
- palpable
- easily perceived, capable of being touched or felt
- perennial
- lasting throughout the years, appearing again and again
- perspacity
- quick understanding, perceptiveness
- pliable
- easily bent or shaped, easily persuaded
- protege
- one whose welfare or career is promoted by an influential person
- subjective
- personal, colored by feelings, unobjective
- superficial
- trivial, insignificant, shallow
- tete-a-tete
- a private conversation between two people
- unwieldy
- difficult to carry or manage because of bulk or shape