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- restive
- "Uneasily impatient under restriction
- laconic
- Using or marked by the use of few words; terse or concise.
- spate
- A sudden flood, rush, or outpouring
- presentiment
- A sense that something is about to occur; a premonition.
- ponderous
- Unwieldy from weight or bulk.
- haphazard
- Dependent upon or characterized by mere chance.
- congruous
- Corresponding in character or kind; appropriate or harmonious.
- palpable
- Easily perceived; obvious
- dilatory
- Intended to delay.
- grandstand (v)
- To perform ostentatiously so as to impress an audience.
- hedge
- To perform ostentatiously so as to impress an audience.
- equivocate
- to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead
- upbraid
- To reprove sharply; reproach.
- pejorative
- Disparaging; belittling.
- equable
- Not easily disturbed; serene
- ascendancy
- Superiority or decisive advantage; domination:
- plumb
- To determine the depth of with a plumb; sound.
- gaffe
- a socially awkward or tactless act
- decorum
- propriety in manners and conduct
- indomitable
- impossible to subdue
- inexorable
- Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless
- whet
- To sharpen
- obsequious
- Full of or exhibiting servile compliance; fawning.
- sycophant
- A servile self-seeker who attempts to win favor by flattering influential people.
- guile
- Treacherous cunning; skillful deceit.
- pusillanimous
- Lacking courage; cowardly.
- caprice
- An impulsive change of mind.
- prosaic
- Matter-of-fact; straightforward.
- propitious
- Presenting favorable circumstances; auspicious.
- ken
- Range of vision.
- stalwart
- Having or marked by imposing physical strength.
- censorious
- Tending to censure; highly critical.
- refractory
- Obstinately resistant to authority or control.
- nominal
- Insignificantly small; trifling
- baroque
- extravagant, flamboyant
- turbid
- Having sediment or foreign particles stirred up or suspended; muddy
- factional
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- disingenuous
- Not straightforward or candid; insincere or calculating
- specious
- Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious
- vicissitudinous
- Full of, or subject to, changes.
- balk
- To stop short and refuse to go on
- tractable
- Easily managed or controlled; governable
- truculent
- Expressing bitter opposition; scathing
- transcendent
- Surpassing others; preeminent or supreme.
- petulant
- Unreasonably irritable or ill-tempered
- stricture
- A restraint, limit, or restriction.
- fastidious
- Possessing or displaying careful, meticulous attention to detail.
- malinger
- To feign illness or other incapacity in order to avoid duty or work.
- caustic
- Causing a burning or stinging sensation, as from intense emotion
- immemorial
- Reaching beyond the limits of memory, tradition, or recorded history.
- affable
- Easy and pleasant to speak to; approachable.
- furtive
- Expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty.
- heterodox
- Not in agreement with accepted beliefs, especially in church doctrine or dogma.
- countermand
- To cancel or reverse (a previously issued command or order)
- perfdious
- tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character
- jejune
- Not interesting; dull
- flout
- To show contempt for; scorn
- rail (v)
- To express objections or criticisms in bitter, harsh, or abusive language.
- proselytize
- To induce someone to join one's own political party or to espouse one's doctrine.
- desultory
- Moving or jumping from one thing to another; disconnected
- stolidity
- Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive
- panegyric
- A formal eulogistic composition intended as a public compliment.
- goldbrick (v)
- To shirk one's assigned duties or responsibilities.
- supine
- Lying on the back or having the face upward.
- emollient
- Softening and soothing, especially to the skin.
- trenchant
- Forceful, effective, and vigorous
- unflappable
- Persistently calm, whether when facing difficulties or experiencing success
- mediate (adj)
- Acting through, involving, or dependent on an intervening agency.
- recant
- To make a formal retraction or disavowal of (a statement or belief to which one has previously committed oneself).
- strident
- Loud, harsh, grating, or shrill; discordant.
- precipitous
- Resembling a precipice; extremely steep.