Alacrity
Cheerful willingness or ready response
Boon
Benefit or gift
Chagrin
Embarrassment or disappointment
Clemency
Mercy
Dearth
Scarcity or lack of something
Din
Loud, pervasive, continuous noise
Effulvium
Disagreeable or bas-smelling vapor or gas
Facsimile
Exact copy or representation
Furor
Outburst of excitement or disagreement
Gamut
Entire range of possible outcomes or conditions
Guile
Cunning, deceit, or duplicity
Indolence
Laziness
Invective
Insulting or abusive speech
Larceny
Small theft
Maverick
Someone who acts independently instead of in conformance with common organizational or expected behavior
Mores
Established customs or values within a group
Panacea
A cure for all problems or diseases
Parsimony
Stinginess
Paucity
Scarcity of a resource or condition
Pauper
A very poor person
Pittance
A very small amount, usually referring to money
Probity
Integrity, uprightness, honesty
Propinquity
Proximity
Reprobate
A wicked, depraved person
Semblance
Outward appearance
Sycophant
One who flatters a superior in hope of getting preferential treatment
Tacit
Understood or implied without stated
Temerity
Recklessness or audacity
Trepidation
Fear or apprehension
Welter
Confused mass, commotion, or turmoil
Acquiesce
To give in or agree reluctantly
Efface
To erase the features of
Reproach
To scold or rebuke
Repudiate
To reject or deny
Ascetic
Characterized by self-discipline and abstention of indulgence
Banal
Boring
Belligerent
Combative or quarrelsome
Contrite
Genuinely and deeply apologetic or remorseful
Credulous
Gullible
Diffident
Timid or lacking in confidence
Fastidious
Meticulous
Furtive
Secretive
Hackneyed
Overused, unoriginal, or trite
Innocuous
Harmless or insignificant
Irascible
Irritable
Recalcitrant
Stubbornly defiant of authority
Supercilious
Haughty or insultingly patronizing
Taciturn
Untalkative
Ambivalent
Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas
Turpitude
Depravity or wickedness
Effervescent
Vivacious and enthusiastic
Ameliorate
Make something unsatisfactory better
Consternation
Anxiety or dismay, especially at something unexpectected
Exculpatory
Tending to clear from charge or guilt
Sophrosyne
Temperance or prudence, opposite of hubris
Ostentatious
Characterized by vulgar or pretentious display
Accede
Agree to a demand, request, or treaty
Hallowed
Made holy or consecrated
Libel
A published false statement that is damaging to one’s reputation
Terse
Neat or effectively concise, sometimes abruptly or curt
Clamber
Climb, move, or get in or out of something in an awkward way
Rarefaction
Reduction in the density of air or gas
Portend
Be a sign or warning that something is likely to happen
Equivocal
Open to more than one interpretation, ambiguous
Picayune
Worthless or petty
Abate
To make something hostile or negative less intense or widespread
Remuneration
Money paid for a work or service
Exhort
To strongly encourage or urge someone to do something
Shrewd
Astute
Vacuous
Mindless or lack of thought
Acumen
The ability to make good judgments and quick decisions
Mirthful
Full of merry
Torrid
Very hot and dry
Fervor
Intense, passionate feeling
Galvanize
To shock or excite someone into taking action
Rancor
A long-standing bitterness or resentfulness
Iconoclast
Someone who attacks established beliefs
Blithe
Casual or cheerful indifference that is improper
Callous
Showing or having an insensitive disregard for others
Garrulous
Excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
Querulous
Complaining in a petulant or whining manner
Cache
A collection of items stored in a hidden or inaccessible place
Acrimonious
Angry and bitter speech
Inclement
Unpleasantly cold or wet weather
Aloof
Not friendly or forthcoming; cold and distant
Monolithic
Large, powerful, and intractably indivisible and uniform organization
Lampoon
Publicly criticize through sarcasm, ridicule, or irony
Obsequious
Obedient or attentive to a servile degree
Expropriate
The action of an authority to take property from an owner for public benefit
Cajole
To persuade someone to do something by coaxing or flattery
Pithy
Concise or forcefully expressive
Gregarious
Fond of company, sociable
Conspicuous
Standing out so as to be clearly visible
Antipathy
A deep-seated feeling of dislike or aversion
Allocute
To make a formal address or statement, usually to a court
Incumbent
1.) Necessary for a duty or responsibility
2.) Currently holding office
Indelible
Unable to be removed or forgotten
Palatable
Acceptable or satisfactory
Flappable
Excitable and quick to lose one’s composure
Reify
Make something abstract more concrete and real