Hotwords 6-10

affable

easy to talk to; easy to approach, friendly; kind; amiable

amiable

friendly, kind

amicable

showing goodwill; peaceable

congenial

compatible; having kindred needs or tastes; sympathetic

convivial

sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company

cordial

warm and friendly; welcome

gregarious

sociable, outgoing

jocular

liking to be with people, joke around with them and have fun

levity

lightheartedness

animosity

hatred; ill-will

antagonism

hatred or hostility

bellicose

of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike, belligerent

belligerent

taking part in war or fighting; ready to fight

cantankerous

bad-tempered; quarrelsome

captious

made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling

contentious

quarrelsome; belligerent

disputatious

likely to dispute or argue

polemical

inclined to argue or debate; controversial

predator

one who takes advantage of another, exploits or feeds on another; a strong adversary or rival

pugnacoius

eager to fight; belligerent

altristic

showing an unselfish concern for others

benevolent

giving freely and easily to others; charitable; kind

largess

generous giving

lavish

generous in giving to others or in spending money

magnanimous

generous in overlooking insult or injury by others; rising above pettiness

munificent

very generous

philanthropic

showing a desire to help others by giving gifts; charitable; humane

prodigal

wasteful; lavish

squander

to spend money (or time) in a wasteful, uncaring fashion

austere

having great economy; showing self-control when it comes to foregoing luxuries and frills; stern in manner or appearance

avaricious

greedy

frugal

careful with money; thrifty; not prodigal or wasteful

mercenary

greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making

miserly

careful with how money is spent; thrifty

parsimonious

overly thrifty or miserly

penurious

stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution

thrifty

showing care with how money and resources are used; miserly

adversity

great trouble or difficulty

conflagration

a huge fire, an inferno

confounding

puzzling; baffling

cryptic

hidden; hard to understand; mysterious; obscure

debacle

a failure or breakdown; a collapse that is often nonsensical

enigma

a riddle or mystery; a puzzling or baffling matter to a person

labyrinth

a maze from which it is very hard to extricate or free oneself

precarious

dangerous or risky; uncertain

quagmire

a difficult or troubling situation; a swampy ground, bog, mire

quandary

a dilemma; a confusing or puzzling situation

turbulence

great unrest; turmoil or disorder

turmoil

a turbulent scenario or situation; tumult