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Mercenary

A. Serving only for pay or guilty advantage.

Emphatic

Adj: Expressed with force or clarity, definite.

Propitious

Definition: Favorable; likely to lead to success. Connotation: More formal and fate-related than 'lucky'.

Profligate

A. Wildly extravagant; B. Shamelessly immoral. Profligacy involves shamelessness and heavy indulgence.

Indisposed

A. Slightly ill, a polite and vague way to excuse someone’s absence; B. Having a feeling of dislike. Indisposed is an excuse to be absent but not necessarily unwell.

Willful

Definition: Deliberately determined; intentional. Connotation: Stronger and more negative than 'stubborn,' suggesting defiance.

Incredulous

Unwilling or unable to believe something; skeptical.

Boisterous

Noisy, energetic, and cheerful; rowdy.

Connubial

Relating to marriage or the relationship between spouses.

Frivolous

Unserious, holding little importance.

Perverse

A. Away from what is good or lawful; B. Stubbornly refusing what is right or accepted; C. Marked by a bad and childish temper; D. Marked by being perverted.

Impertinent

Adj: Improperly forward; disrespectful in speech or behavior.

Insipid

Adj: Lacking interest, vigor, meaning.(dullness)

Repugnant

Causing a strong feeling of distaste, incompatible, and hostile.

Fretful

Disposed to fret.

Pecuniary

Relating to, consisting of, or measured in money.

Censure

N: Strong expression of disapproval; V: To criticize severely.

Affront

An action or remark that causes outrage or offense.

Trifle

Something of little importance or value.

Caprice

N: Whim, sudden change of mind.

Eminence

A position of high rank or attachments.

Profligate

C. A person who is very self-indulgent.

Parsonage

The residence of a clergyman.

Duplicity

The quality or state of being double or twofold.

Alacrity

Cheerful readiness, quick in response.

Novelty

Something new, unusual, or unfamiliar.

Felicity

Happiness, well-chosen expression or suitability.

Endeavor

A serious effort to achieve a specific goal.

Tincture

A solution of a medicinal substance, a characteristic quality, a tint, to infuse or instill with a property.

Vindication

The act of clearing someone of blame, suspicion, or doubt.

Disapprobation

Formal term for strong disapproval, often from moral or social objection.

Coquetry

Flirtatious behavior intended to attract attention.

Lamentation

The act of expressing deep grief, sorrow or regret through formal or outwardly expressed mourning.

Esteem

Definition: Respect or high regard. Connotation: Stronger and more earned than casual regard.

Benevolence

A disposition to do good.

Solemnity

Formal observance of an event, A solemn event or occasion.

Tete-a-tete

A private conversation between two people.

Probity

Honest and strong moral principles.

Abode

A place where someone lives.

Deign

To lower oneself to do something.

Censure

To criticize severely.

Peruse

A. To examine with attention and detail; B. To look over casually; C. Read.

Affront

To insult, offend, or disrespect someone openly and directly to their face.

Suppress

To forcibly restrain, withhold, or put an end to.

Trifle

Something of little importance or value.

Prevail

To succeed, persuade, be effective.

Entail

A legal restriction on inheritance, limiting property to certain heirs.

Conciliate

A. Pacify, to concede at the sacrifice of principles; B. To gain something by pleasing acts; C. To make compatible.

Acquiesce

To accept by staying silent.

Assert

A. To state or declare positively but also aggressively; to demand acceptance; B. To demonstrate the existence of.

Esteem

Definition: Respect or high regard.

Impute

A. To falsely blame for something; B. To credit something to a person.

Derive

A. To obtain, actually or theoretically, especially from a specified source or parent substance; B. To draw a conclusion; C. Bring; D. To trace the origin of.

Endeavor

To make a serious, determined, or strenuous effort to achieve a goal.

Thwart

A. To oppose successfully or to defeat the hopes or aspirations of; B. To pass through or across; C. Places across something else.

Tincture

To lightly color or stain, or to infuse with a slight quality.