Studied by 19 people
pugnacious
quick to argue
bellicose
violent, aggressive
phlegmatic
unemotional, stolid
execrable
extremely unpleasant
circumscribed
restricted by limits
stolid
stoic
intransigent
stubborn, intractable
ineluctable
inevitable
invidious
hateful/spiteful
plangent
loud/resounding
nugatory
inconsequential, trifling
pusillanimous
cowardly
benignant
favorable, compassionate
capricious
impulsive, unpredictable
expurgate
censor
indigence
extreme poverty
opulent
wealthy
pernicious
deadly
parsimonious
frugal, stingy, penurious
ignobility
of low character
probity
honesty, integrity
polemical
controversial
furtive
guilty nervousness
stentorian
loud
vociferous
vehement, clamorous
sanguine
confident, optimistic
vainglory
excessive pride
restive
on edge, restless
prolix
wordy
obstreperous
uncontrollable
perfunctory
hasty
spurious
false/fake
insolent
disrespectful
profligate
recklessly wasteful, prodigal
maladroit
ineffective, clumsy
panegyric
speech or text in praise of something
quiescient
dormant, inactive
fatuous
silly and pointless
prevarication
lying, mendacity
fulminate
denounce/protest
avarice
insatiable desire for wealth/gain
recondite
little known, abstruse
sedulous
dedicated, diligent
perfidy
untrustworthiness
sophistry
using incorrect arguments to decieve
mendicant
beggar
anodyne
inoffensive
inure
habituate to something undesirable
prosaic
commonplace
vituperative
bitter and abusive
capitulate
cease to surrender
limpid
unclouded, clear
verisimilitude
seeming true
specious
superficially plausible, but wrong
noisome
unpleasant
hermetic
impervious to external influence
opprobrium
criticism
vitiate
spoil
providential
favorable, opportune
inimical
hostile, adverse
recrudescent
recurrence of undesirable activity
evanescent
quickly vanishing
expedient
means to an end
solicitous
attentive care and concern
irresolute
hesitant
laconic
succinct
intractable
stubborn, intransigent
impetuous
careless
pithy
brief
obdurate
stubborn
gainsay
deny, contradict
inchoate
nascent
propitiate
pacify
fractious
Irritable, querulous
tawdry
gaudy
sycophant
one who flatters for personal favor, toady
unctuous
smarmy
conjecture
opinion formed with incomplete info
dilatory
slow to act
presage
foreshadowing/omen
paltry
negligible/worthless
circumspect
wary
disgorge
cause to pour out/expel
contrite
remorseful
equivocal
purposefully ambiguous
deft
skillful, clever
pejorative
disapproving
disquietude
uneasy/anxious
obviate
prevent
overweening
excessive pride
munificent
overly generous
doctrinaire
applying doctrine without practical consideration
abeyance
temporary disuse
abrogate
repeal
abstemious
not self-indulgent
alacrity
enthusiasm
celerity
speed
anathema
curse
aplomb
composure
apostate
deserter
Note 
Flashcard (29)