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Ephemeral

Lasting for a very short time

Ebullient

Cheerful and full of energy

Meticulous

Extremely careful and precise

Audacious

Showing a willingness to take surprisingly bold risks

Abate

To reduce, lessen, or become less intense

Impetuous

Acting or done quickly and without thought or care

Pragmatic

Dealing with things sensibly and realistically

Juxtapose

Place or deal with close together for contrasting effect

Acumen

Keen insight and ability to make good judgments

Transient

Lasting only for a short time; impermanent

Acerbic

Biting or bitter in tone or taste

Voracious

Having a very eager approach to an activity; ravenous

Languid

Lacking energy, slow, and relaxed

Ubiquitous

Present, appearing, or found everywhere

Admonish

To warn or reprimand someone firmly

Tenacious

Tending to keep a firm hold of something; persistent

Plausible

Seeming reasonable or probable

Scrutinize

Examine or inspect closely and thoroughly

Abridge

To shorten a text without losing the main sense

Rhetoric

The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing

Candor

The quality of being open and honest

Quixotic

Exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical

Abstruse

Difficult to understand; obscure

Penchant

A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency

Mitigate

To make less severe, serious, or painful

Nefarious

Wicked or criminal in nature

Superfluous

Unnecessary, more than enough

Lucid

Expressed clearly; easy to understand

Resilient

Able to recover quickly from difficulties

Incisive

Intelligently analytical and clear-thinking

Abscond

To leave hurriedly and secretly

Equivocal

Open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous

Ostentatious

Designed to impress or attract notice; showy

Alacrity

Cheerful readiness or eagerness

Acquiesce

To agree or accept without protesting

Ambiguous

Open to more than one interpretation; unclear

Adept

Extremely skilled or proficient

Anomaly

Something that deviates from what is standard or normal

Adverse

Unfavorable, hostile, or harmful

Antipathy

A deep-seated feeling of dislike or aversion

Brevity

Concise and exact use of words in writing or speech

Arduous

Requiring strenuous effort; difficult and tiring

Capricious

Given to sudden and unaccountable changes of mood

Austere

Strict, severe, or plain in appearance

Deference

Polite submission and respect

Benevolent

Well-meaning and kindly

Fastidious

Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail

Bolster

To support, strengthen, or prop up

Gregarious

Fond of company; sociable

Cacophony

A harsh, discordant mixture of sounds

Castigate

To reprimand or criticize someone severely

Circumspect

Wary and unwilling to take risks; cautious

Clandestine

Kept secret or done secretively

Coerce

To persuade an unwilling person by using force or threats

Cogent

Clear, logical, and convincing

Venerable

Accorded a great deal of respect, especially because of age or wisdom

Taciturn

Reserved or uncommunicative in speech; saying little

Prudent

Acting with or showing care and thought for the future

Diffident

Modest or shy because of a lack of self-confidence

Esoteric

Intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people

Fervent

Having or displaying a passionate intensity

Garrulous

Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters

Inimical

Tending to obstruct or harm; hostile

Loquacious

Tending to talk a great deal; talkative

Magnanimous

Generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person

Nefarious

Wicked, villainous, or criminal

Obdurate

Stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or course of action

Pervasive

Spreading widely throughout an area or a group of people

Recalcitrant

Having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority

Spurious

Not being what it purports to be; false or fake

Trepidation

A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may happen

Vacillate

Alternate or waver between different opinions or actions

Zealous

Having or showing great energy or enthusiasm in pursuit of a cause

Profligate

Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources

Dissemble

Conceal one's true motives, feelings, or beliefs

Enervate

Cause someone to feel drained of energy or vitality; weaken

Engender

Cause or give rise to a feeling, situation, or condition

Ephemeral

Lasting for a very short period of time

Fastidious

Very attentive to accuracy and detail; hard to please

Inchoate

Just begun and so not fully formed or developed

Mendacious

Not telling the truth; lying or deceitful

Pedantic

Excessively concerned with minor details or rules

Recondite

Little known; abstruse or complex

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Ameliorate

to make something better or improve a bad situation

Ambiguous

open to more than one interpretation; unclear or vague

Assuage

to make an unpleasant feeling less intense or severe

Alleviate

to make suffering, pain, or a problem less severe

Buttress

to support, strengthen, or reinforce an argument or structure

Conundrum

a confusing, difficult, or intricate problem or riddle

Disparate

essentially different in kind; impossible to compare

Disseminate

to spread or scatter information or ideas widely

Exacerbate

to make a problem, bad situation, or negative feeling worse

Efficacy

the ability to produce a desired or intended result

Empirical

based on observation, experience, or experiment rather than theory

Extraneous

irrelevant, unnecessary, or unrelated to the subject

Impair

to weaken, damage, or spoil the quality or strength of something