Words

Abeyance

A temporary state of suspension.

Abrogate

To abolish or repeal.

Abstruse

Difficult to understand.

Acrimonious

Angry and bitter.

Alacrity

Cheerful readiness.

Amalgamate

To combine or unite.

Anathema

Something or someone intensely disliked.

Anomalous

Deviating from the norm.

Antediluvian

Extremely old-fashioned.

Apocryphal

Of doubtful authenticity.

Aspersion

A damaging or derogatory remark.

Assiduous

Showing great care and perseverance.

Assuage

To soothe or calm.

Austere

Severe or strict in manner.

Banal

Lacking in originality.

Beguiling

Charming or enchanting.

Bellicose

Aggressively hostile.

Calumny

A false statement to harm reputation.

Capricious

Given sudden changes in mood.

Castigate

To criticize or punish severely.

Celerity

Swiftness or speed.

Chary

Cautious or wary.

Chicanery

Use of trickery.

Circuitous

Indirect or roundabout.

Circumlocution

The use of many words where fewer would suffice.

Circumspect

Cautious and unwilling to take risks.

Clandestine

Secretive or covert.

Commensurate

Equal in measure or proportionate.

Conflagration

A large destructive fire.

Contrite

Feeling or showing remorse.

Contumacious

Stubbornly disobedient.

Convivial

Cheerful and friendly.

Corpulent

Fat.

Cosmopolitan

Worldly or sophisticated.

Crestfallen

Dejected or discouraged.

Cupidity

Greed for material wealth.

Cursory

Hasty and not thorough.

Dearth

A lack of something.

Deleterious

Harmful or injurious.

Demur

To object or show reluctance.

Desultory

Lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm.

Diatribe

A bitter verbal attack.

Didactic

Intended to teach.

Diffident

Modest or shy.

Disparate

Essentially different.

Dissemble

To disguise or conceal.

Ebullience

Intense enthusiasm.

Ebullient

Full of energy and enthusiasm.

Edifice

A large and impressive building.

Efficacious

Effective or successful.

Effrontery

Shameless boldness.

Effulgent

Shining brightly.

Egregious

Outstandingly bad.

Enigmatic

Mysterious.

Equanimity

Mental calmness.

Evanescent

Fleeting or temporary.

Exculpate

To clear from blame.

Execrable

Extremely bad.

Exigent

Urgent or pressing.

Exonerate

To clear from blame.

Extirpate

To destroy completely.

Facetious

Treating serious issues with humour.

Fastidious

Very attentive to detail.

Fatuous

Silly and pointless.

Feckless

Lacking initiative or strength.

Felicitous

Well-chosen or suited to the circumstances.

Fervent

Showing passionate intensity.

Foment

To stir up or incite.

Fractious

Quarrelsome or unruly.

Fulminate

To loudly protest or denounce.

Gainsay

To deny or contradict.

Garrulous

Excessively talkative.

Grandiloquent

Pompous in style or manner.

Halcyon

Calm and peaceful.

Harangue

A long and critical speech.

Hedonism

The pursuit of pleasure.

Histrionic

Overly dramatic.

Hubris

Excessive pride.

Iconoclast

One who attacks cherished beliefs.

Idiosyncratic

Peculiar to an individual.

Imbroglio

A confusing or embarrassing situation.

Immutable

Unchanging.

Impecunious

Having little or no money.

Imperious

Arrogant or domineering.

Implacable

Unable to be calmed.

Inchoate

Not fully formed.

Inculpate

To accuse or blame.

Indefatigable

Persisting tirelessly.

Inimical

Hostile or harmful.

Insidious

Proceeding subtly but harmfully.

Insipid

Lacking flavor or interest.

Insouciant

Carefree or unconcerned.

Intractable

Hard to manage or control.

Intransigent

Unwilling to compromise.

Inveterate

Deeply ingrained.

Lachrymose

Tearful.

Laconic

Using few words.

Languid

Lacking energy or vitality.

Loquacious

Talkative.

Lugubrious

Looking sad or dismal.