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abstruse
difficult to understand
aversion
an intense dislike
ecletric
diverse
extraneous
irrelevant
astute
clever
soporific
causing sleep
hardy
tough, strong
abstemious
self restraining, exercising restraint in behavior
intractable
difficult to manage
diminutive
small
erudite
having or showing wide knowledge
fervor
intense and passionate feeling
engender
to bring into being
laudable
worth of praise
painstaking
very thorough; careful
pompous
arrogant
renown
widespread honor and fame
iconoclast
one who opposes established beliefs, customs, and institutions
archaic
out of date
abstract
difficult to understand
listless
lacking energy
mollify
to calm or make less severe
profusion
an abundance
recalcitrant
refusing to obey
surmise
to infer or guess
resigned
accepting one's fate; unresisting; patiently submissive
paragigm
rolemodel
equanimity
calmness
covivial
fond of social pleasures
lassitude
lacking energy or interest
biased
prejudiced
ambivalence
mixed feelings
incipient
beginning to exist or appear
serville
very obedient
temper
to reduce in intensity
despot
a tyrant or dictator
prodigious
very large
nefarious
very wicked or villainous
credulous
gullible
anomaly
something different or odd
blithe
cheerful
arduous
difficult to do
didactic
designed to teach
gratuitous
uncalled for
ascetic
practicing self denial
raze
to destroy
tawdry
(adj.) showy and flashy but lacking in good taste
eulogy
(n.) a formal statement of commendation; high praise
unimpeachable
beyond criticism
deprecate
to express disapproval of