Synonyms chapter 12

abjure

forswear, retract, abstain from

acrid

irritating, stinging, bitter, caustic

august

stately, dignified, exalted, venerable

callous

insensitive, unsympathetic, thick-skinned

clandestine

covert, furtive, surreptitious, stealthy

compunction

scruple, qualm, misgiving, contrition

conflagration

holocaust, wildfire

elated

overjoyed, ecstatic, tickled pink

indelible

lasting, permanent

indulgent

permissive, tolerant, lliberal

inveterate

persisting, chronic, dyed-in-the-wool

irrelevant

inapplicable, immaterial, beside the point

nocturnal

nighttime

platitude

cliche, truism, bromide

quell

pacify, squelch, quash, crush

quiescent

still, inert, motionless, tranquil

ruminate

ponder, reflect, mull over, muse

tacit

unexpressed, unvoiced, understood, implicit

tangible

perceptible, actual, evident

trenchant

penetrating, cutting, telling, acute