GregMat

Austere

1) strict and stern in character
2) lacking luxury; extremely harsh

Congenial

1) friendly
2) enjoyable, agreeable

Deify

Look up to someone as god, venerate, lionize

quixotic

excessively visionary; idealistic

aggrandize

enhance one’s power, embellish

audacious

1) Bold, unafraid of risks
2) rude, impudent

demur

1) hesitate or object; cavil
2) hesitation, dispute

incredulous

dubious, disbelieving

abate

lessen, subside

artless

1) naive, ingenuous, guileless
2) plain, austere
3) lacking skill

assuage

1) mitigate
2) satisfy

canonize

treat like a god, sanctify

chicanery

duplicity, subterfuge, skulduggery

desultory

unplanned, without enthusiasm

dilatory

slow, sluggish

inimical

detrimental, damaging

intimate

insinuate, hint

prophetic

able to predict the future

scrupulous

1) careful with details
2) ethical

aloof

not warm or friendly, standoffish

discernible

able to be recognized or understood, manifest

fanciful

imaginative, unrealistic

frivolous

1) silly, flippant
2) not serious, whimsical

impertinent

1) disrespectful, insolent
2) irrelevant, inapplicable

remedial

correct or cure something, restorative

restive

restless, agitated

admonish

1. reprimand; chastise

2. urge, warn

affectation

meant to impress others; posturing

dissemble

feign; hide one’s true feelings

pertinacious

stubbornly holding onto a belief; assiduous

subjective

biased; pertaining to personal feelings

tortuous

1. winding

2. convoluted

explicable

comprehensible

immutable

not capable of being changed; rigid

prescient

prophetic; clairvoyant

robust

1. resilient

2. healthy

stern

hard, harsh

decadent

decline of morals; dissolute

flamboyant

ostentatious

utilitarian

pragmatic

comity

harmony; civility

edify

enlighten; educate

forbear

eschew; shun

haphazard

arbitrary

mordant

trenchant; caustic

tact

diplomacy

feign

pretend; posture

furtive

sneaky; clandestine

nonchalant

calm or indifferent; insouciant

deliberate

1. think over

2. conscious, purposeful

perfunctory

without enthusiasm, cursory, superficial

sham

fake; spurious

truculent

pugnacious; bellicose; obstreperous

cavalier

casual attitude; insouciant; dismissive

oppobrium

severe criticism; obloquy

provocative

causing irritation; goading

tempestuous

1. turbulent, heated

2. extremely stormy

illusory

unreal; bogus; sham

invidious

1. cause envy

2. unfair, unjust

superficial

1. exterior

2. cursory; desultory

acquiesce

agree without objection; countenance; brook

apologist

person who defends or supports something being criticized; proponent

subservient

1. obedient

2. less important; secondary

lucid

clear and easy to understand

veracity

conformity to truth; exactness

capricious

fickle; erratic

incisive

acute; trenchant

inscrutable

not easily understood; enigmatic

refine

1. purify

2. improve accuracy

patent

clear and obvious

woeful

1. very sad

2. very bad

sanctimonious

one is morally superior; self-righteous

augment

supplement; increase

dissident

nonconformist; one who disagrees

modest

1. unassuming about one’s abilities

2. limited in quantity

scorn

1. disapprove; deride

2. contempt; mockery

anoint

install; appoint

digression

deviation; departure

discrepancy

disparity; variance

expedient

affording short-term benefits; tactical

discomfit

feel uneasy or embarrassed; fluster

dissent

1. reject; demur

2. difference of opinion

harbinger

herald; omen

libertine

someone loose in morals; hedonist

inveigle

persuade someone; wheedle; cajole

jettison

abandon; discard

prowess

skillfulness; aptitude

pedestrian

lack imagination; dull

recrudescent

breaking out again; revive; resurgent

dissimulate

Pretend; deceive

heady

Exhilarating; intoxicating

gratuitous

unwarranted; free/unpaid

bluster

rant; bully

vivify

animate

affect

upset; pretend; assume/adopt

occlude

block up; hide from view

sanctimonious

holider-than-thou; superior

rococo

elaborate, baroque

abject

most unfortunate; wretched

dispense

issue/distribute; do without/get rid of