Word Wednesday Words

Engender

To cause, to produce, to create

Ambivalent

Having contrary feelings or attitudes, uncertain as to a course of action.

Superfluous

Beyond what is needed or required, an overflow

Innocuous

Harmless, producing no injury

Banal

Common or ordinary

Capricious

Changing suddenly, fickle

Exacerbate

To aggravate, to irritate

Gregarious

Sociable and outgoing

Didactic

Instructive, designed to teach

Mitigate

To cause to become less harsh or hostile

Incorrigible

Incapable of being reformed or improved

Trepidation

Fear, trembling, agitation

Aesthetic

Relating or pertaining to a sense of beauty or art

Duplicity

Double dealing, hypocrisy

Assuage

To ease, to mitigate, to make less painful

Verbose

Wordy, talkative

Cajole

To persuade with deliberate flattery

Inane

Lacking significance and meaning

Ephemeral

Lasting a short period of time

Malice

Desire to harm others

Antiquated

Obsolete, out of fashion, no longer useable

Enmity

Absolute hatred

Sycophant

A self serving flatterer, a brown noser

Clandestine

Secret