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banal
lacking originality; boring
bellicose
aggression and willingness to fight; belligerent and quarrelsome
finesse
handle it or do it skillfully and cleverly
glib
insincere
lampoon
satire
lugubrious
mournful; sad; gloomy
nefarious
wicked; criminal
nemesis
enemy
pseudonym
pen name
purloin
steal
abject
wretched; worst of the worst
admonish
scold
commensurate
in proportion
distraught
upset; agitated
euphemism
substitute; a word or phrase used to avoid saying an unpleasant or offensive word
nebulous
vague
phlegmatic
calm
propriety
conforming to conventionally accepted standards
prosaic
ordinary
revile
scold
assimilate
take in knowledge + fully understand; liken
cognizant
aware
discursive
rambling
ennui
boredom
farcical
so silly or extreme that you are unable to take it seriously
fortuitous
smth happening by change
hyperbole
exaggeration
incognito
disguised
mesmerism
hypnotic
omniscient
all knowing
adroit
skillful
allay
alleviate
blazon
coat-of-arms
bravado
arrogance
choleric
bad tempered
colloquy
conference
confer
discuss
dirge
funeral hymn
expatriate
a person who lives outside their native country
feign
pretend
amorphous
shapeless
ascetic
abstention from all forms of indulgence
decorum
etiquette
doggerel
comic verse composed in irregular rhythm or badly written
facile
easy
guile
deceitful cunning
proffer
offer
protege
student under mentor
sanguine
optimistic; bloodred
seraphic
angelic
dogma
belief that is set to be true with no question
exhort
urge
inveigle
persuade by deception
nondescript
boring; no distinctive characteristics
nonentity
unimportant person; a nobody
parsimonious
stingy
scurrilous
gossip to destroy reputation
sundry
several
tacit
implied
vociferous
vocal