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Extant

Referring to something that is still in existence or currently existing, especially in the context of documents or species.

Venality

The quality of being open to bribery or corruption.

Acrimony

A strong sense of bitterness and resentment, often manifesting in harshness or ill feeling in a relationship.

Ingenuous

Naive and innocent

Laconic

Using few words; concise and terse in speech.

Intimate

To communicate something subtly or indirectly, often implying personal knowledge or connection.

Vindicate

To clear someone of blame or suspicion; to justify or prove right.

Calumny

Making a false statement meant to injure a persons reputation

Upbraid

to reproach; to scold

Prodigal

rashly or wastefully extravagant

Profligate

spending resources recklessly or wastefully

Impertinent

Being disrespectful; improperly forward and bold

Venerate

to respect deeply

Ambivalent

mixed/conflicting emotions about something

Censure

express strong disapproval

Parsimonious

extremely frugal; misery

Prevaricate

to speak in an invasive way

Auspicious

favorable

Gregarious

to be likely to socialize with others

Harangue

a long speech; tirade

Equivocal

confusing or ambiguous

Aberration

a deviation from what is normal/expected

Commensurate

to be in proportion or corresponding in degree

Platitude

trite or obvious remark

Mawkish

Overly sentimental to the point of disgust

Diffident

showing modest reserve; lacking self confidence

Germane

relevant and appropriate

Conspicuous

without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

Frivolous

not serious in content, attitude, or behavior

Torpor

inactivity from lethargy; lack of vigor or energy

Inexorable

impossible to stop/prevent

Gall

trait of being rude/impertinent, feeling of deep/bitter anger, to strongly annoy/vex someone

Predilection

strong liking

Banal

repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

Reticent

disinclined to talk; not revealing ones thoughts

Prescience

power to foresee the future

Gossamer

characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy

Querulous

habitually complaining

Impudent

improperly forward or bold

Recondite

difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding

Culpability

state of guilt

Deferential

showing respect

Superfluous

serving no useful purpose, more than is needed, desired, or required

Perfidy

act of deliberate betrayal; a breach of trust

Engender

give rise to

Volubility

the quality of talking or writing easily and continuously

Lambast

criticize severely or angrily

Gainsay

deny or contradict; speak against or oppose

Aesthete

one who professes great sensitivity to the beauty of art/nature

Preclude

keep from happening or arising, make impossible

Dogmatic

highly opinionated, not accepting that ones beliefs may not be correct

Fortuitous

occurring by happy chance

Spurious

plausible but false

Disaffected

discontented as toward authority

Refractory

stubbornly resistant to authority or control

Guileless

free of deceit

Travesty

absurd presentation of something; mockery

Contrive

pull off a plan/scheme, usually through skill or trickery

Incorrigible

impervious to correction by punishment

Admonitory

serving to warn

Aberrant

markedly different from an accepted norm

Laudable

worthy of high praise

Apocryphal

being of questionable authenticity

Pedantic

marked by a narrow focus on or display of leaning especially it’s trivial aspects

Implacable

incapable of making less angry or hostile

Intransigent

unwilling to change ones beliefs or course of action

Eminent

standing above others in quality or position

Ascetic

practicing self-denial

Languid

not inclined towards physical exertion or effort

Incongruous

lacking in harmony or compatibility

Frustrate

hinder or prevent (the effects, plans, or desires) of

Fallacious

a belief that is based on faulty reasoning

Haughty

having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy

Suplant

take the place or move into position of

Subsume

contain or include; consider as part of general rule/principal

Immutable

not able to be changed

Avaricious

excessively greedy

Mollify

to make someone who is angry less angry

Delineate

describe in detail

Provincial

characteristic of a limited perspective

Exalt

praise or glorify

Soporific

inducing mental lethargy; sleep inducing

Underscore

to give extra weight to

Ignoble

dishonorable