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ABASH
To embarrass or disconcert.
ABSTRACT
Theoretical, not concrete.
ABSTRUSE
Difficult to comprehend.
ACUMEN
Insight regarding a certain topic.
ADEPT
To be good at, to have skill towards.
ADROIT
Skillful at executing a task.
AGGREGATE
Sum total.
ALOOF
Withdrawn, disconnected.
AMBIVALENCE
Mixed feelings leading to indecisiveness.
ANOMALY
An exception or deviation.
ANTAGONISM
Open hostility, ill-will.
ANTIPODE
Opposite or places on the opposite side of the globe from each other.
ANTIQUITY
The state of being ancient.
APPARITION
A ghost, spirit, a ghostly presence.
ARCANE
Secretive, cryptic.
ARTICULATE
To say clearly, to outline or speak precisely.
ASPERSION
An unkind or cruel comment about a person.
AUTONOMY
Rule over oneself without any interference.
AVUNCULAR
Benevolent, kind, sympathetic.
BANAL
Unremarkable, common.
BELIE
To disprove or negate.
BELITTLE
To make someone feel badly or unimportant.
BELLIGERENT
Aggressive.
BENEVOLENT
Kind and caring.
BENIGN
Not harmful, good-hearted.
BEREFT
Lacking or without joy.
BOMBAST
To exaggerate and rave about something.
BOORISH
Lacking manners.
BREVITY
Succinctness, shortness of time.
BUCOLIC
Having a simple and "homey" appearance.
BUREAUCRACY
A large and far-reaching governmental system.
BYZANTINE
Hard to comprehend, intricate.
CACOPHONY
Harsh noise that is almost painful to listen to.
CANDOR
To be completely truthful.
CANTANKEROUS
Irritable and grouchy.
CAPRICIOUS
Random and whimsical.
CENSURE
To be reprimanded for poor behavior.
CHICANERY
Deception, dishonesty.
CHIDE
To scold or reprimand.
CHURLISH
Crude and vulgar.
CLAIRVOYANT
Knowing the future, someone who is very intuitive.
CONCEDE
To back down or give in.
CONCISE
Precise and succinct.
CONDUCIVE
Leading to, facilitating, encouraging.
CONFLAGRATION
A devastating and catastrophic fire.
CONSECRATE
To be deemed or made sacred.
CONTEMPTUOUS
Feeling strong disapproval or condescension.
CONVIVIAL
Friendly and sociable.
CONVOLUTED
Complicated and elaborate.
COPIOUS
A large number, bountiful.
CORROSIVE
Causing something to be ruined or destroyed.
CRYPTIC
Difficult to understand, vague.
CURRENCY
The acknowledgment of something shared among many people.
CURSORY
Done quickly without worrying about detail.
CURTAIL
To limit something.
DALLIANCE
Flirtation, wasting time on something unimportant.
DECIPHER
To figure out or make clear.
DECOROUS
Seemly, appropriate.
DEFERENCE
Respect and accommodation for others.
DEFT
Talented and skillful.
DELETERIOUS
Bad for someone's health.
DELIBERATE (adj)
Careful, cautious.
DELIBERATE (adv)
To consider and think about.
DELUD
To fool or trick.
DENUNCIATION
A rejection of an idea or condemnation of something.
DERELICT
Not taken care of.
DERIVATIVE
Uninventive, created from something else.
DETERRENT
Something that repels or discourages someone.
DEVOID
Without, completely lacking.
DIAPHANOUS
So sheer as to be almost transparent.
DICTUM
A concise, truthful statement.
DIDACTIC
Educational, intended to teach a lesson.
DIFFIDENT
Shy and introverted.
DIGRESS
To go on a tangent.
DILETTANTE
A novice.
DISCERNMENT
The act of understanding and using insight.
DISCRIMINATE
To discern or tell apart.
DISINGENUOUS
Lacking sincerity.
DISMAY
To shock or surprise.
DISPASSIONATE
Unbiased, calm.
DISPERSE
To scatter or break up a group.
DISSENT
To disagree.
DISTINCT
Unique, specific, noticeable.
DOWAGER
A matriarch, often a woman with high status.
DUBIOUS
Doubtful or not certain.
ECCENTRIC
Odd or strange.
EDIFY
To teach or inform.
EFFACE
To wipe off or erase.
EFFUSION
An unrestrained pouring forth.
EGALITARIAN
The concept of equality for all people.
EGOCENTRIC
Self-absorbed.
ELABORATE
Having extreme detail.
ENIGMA
A mystery or puzzle.
ENLIGHTENING
Educational and informative.
EPHEMERAL
Brief or fleeting.
EQUIVOCAL
Perplexing or confusing.
EQUIVOCATE
To evade a question.
ERRATIC
Crazy or random.
ERRONEOUS
Incorrect.
ERUDITE
Scholarly or academically educated.
