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Consummate

Extremely skillful, complete and perfect.

He was the consummate musician.

Categorical

Unconditional, absolute, without exception.

That is categorically not true.

Malaise

Unease, lethargy, feeling of being run down and depressed.

The parent’s malaise increased as the children ought after she got home from work.

Awry

Off course, NOT right.

Something with the date went awry when he asked if she liked guys who stay with their parents past 30.

Platitude

Trite phrase, overused saying, a cliche.

Don’t offer platitudes when people tell you they’re hurting.

Destitute

Extremely poor, impoverished, lacking basics.

There is little sadder than destitute children.

Extrovert

Outgoing, gregarious.

Jill was an extrovert because she received energy from being around people.

Ephemeral

Short lived, fleeting.

Make the most of the ephemeral moments of life.

Callow

Immature, unsophisticated due to youth, inexperienced.

The socially callow girls thought it was okay to make fun of other students.

Malleable

Easy to shape, mold.

Play-Doh is malleable which makes it fun to play with.

Legacy

An inheritance, something passed down.

The legacy he left was worth millions (AKA will)

Discriminate

To make a distinction.

It’s important to discriminate between right and wrong, apples and pears, vegetables and sweets.

Monolithic

Large and unbroken.

The monolithic rocks formed the historic structure called “Stonehenge”.

Abject

Hopeless, wretched, and miserable.

Tiffany broke down in abject misery when her cat Snuffy was ran over by a road mender.

Vitriolic

Caustic, full of bitterness and nasty.

Ben’s vitriolic attitude infected all of the students.

Beset

Besieged, surrounded on all sides.

Since the coach left, the team had been beset by problems.

Renounce

To give up, to deny or forsake.

I renounce my claim to the throne.

Matriculate

To enroll, especially in a college.

Do you plan to matriculate with your class (OR) early?

Convivial

Festive, Jovial and good natured.

Jane and the class had a convivial relationship.

Venerate

To honor.

The United States plans to venerate their fallen war heroes.

Contiguous

Adjoining.

Connect the contiguous parts.

Arbitrary

Unfair, random.

The teacher used arbitrary means to determine student grades.

Pristine

Pure, unspoiled and uncorrupted.

The pristine forests of Vermont were the ideal place for hiking adventures.

Succinct

Concise, short to the point and brief.

Please state your directions in a succinct manner.

Farcial

Absurd, ridiculous, the characteristics of a farce.

The presenter made a farcical during the proposal and they wondered if he was serious (or) not.

Nepotism

Favoritism

Cogent

Persuasive, convincing and pertinent.

Rustic

Rural, countrified, lacking the sophistication of a city.

Doctrinaire

Dogmatic, to espouse a doctrine that is impractical or inflexible.

Vitiate

To pollute, to spoil, to corrupt or to pervert.

Uniform

Consistent, standard, and without variation.

Coherent

Understandable, and to make sense.

Transgress

To violate or to sin.

Stagnation

Lack of movement; staleness, and lack of growth.

Onerous

Burdensome, oppressive and distasteful. .

Covert

Secret, hidden and disguised.

Adulation

Praise

Discern

To distinguish, to differentiate between and to perceive.

Genteel

Refined.

Demagogue

Rabble-rouser

Comprehensive

Complete, to leave nothing out.

Integral

Essential

Obtuse

TO be dense, slow to catch on.

Decimate

To destroy most of.

The army was decimated in one costly battle.

Lethargy

Sluggishness, laziness and indifference.

Provincial

Simple and unsophisticated.

Relinquish

To release, or to surrender.

Noxious

Poisonous, very harmful.

Desiccate

To dry out.

Peccadillo

A minor offense.