All terms in this list:
abstemious: Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions.
acquisitive: Acquired.
acrimonious: Of words, arguments, quarrels: bitter; mean-spirited; sharp in language or tone.
affable: Receiving others kindly and conversing with them in a free and friendly manner; friendly, courteous, sociable.
altruistic: Regardful of others; beneficent; unselfish
Arid: Very dry.
articulate: especially, speaking in a clear or effective manner
auspicious: Of good omen; indicating future success.
avid: enthusiastic; passionate; longing eagerly; eager; greedy
banal: Common in a boring way, to the point of being predictable; containing nothing new or fresh.
belligerent: Eager to go to war, warlike.
bovine: Of or pertaining to cattle.
brackish: (of water) salty or slightly salty, as a mixture of fresh and sea water, such as that found in estuaries
carping: Pertaining to excessive complaining.
chimerical: Being a figment of the imagination; fantastic (in the archaic sense).
clairvoyant: Able to see things that cannot be perceived by the normal senses.
coherent: Orderly, logical and consistent.
consummate: Complete in every detail, perfect, absolute.
crepuscular: active at or around dusk, dawn or twilight
daunt: To discourage, intimidate.
debonair: suave, urbane and sophisticated
deprave: To speak ill of
detached: Having little or no emotions or interest towards someone else.
devious: Deviating; not straightforward, not honest, not frank; not standard.
distaff: referring to the maternal side of a family
distraught: Deeply hurt, saddened, or worried; distressed.
draconian: Very severe, oppressive or strict.
erudite: learned, scholarly, with emphasis on knowledge gained from books.
esoteric: Understood only by a chosen few or an enlightened inner circle.
ex cathedra: With authority based on one's rank or office.
fatuous: Obnoxiously stupid, vacantly silly, content in one's foolishness.
feckless: Without skill, ineffective, incompetent.
fecund: Highly fertile; able to produce offspring.
feral: wild, untamed, especially of domesticated animals having returned to the wild
fractious: given to troublemaking
frenetic: Fast, frantic, harried, or frenzied; having extreme enthusiasm or energy.
furtive: stealthy
gauche: Awkward or lacking in social graces; bumbling.
germane: Related to the topic being discussed or considered.
gregarious: Describing one who enjoys being in crowds and socializing.
grizzled: Greyed, old, white at the tips
halcyon: Calm, undisturbed, peaceful, serene.
histrionic: Excessively dramatic or emotional
ignoble: Not honorable.
immaterial: Having no matter or substance; irrelevant
implacable: Not able to be placated or appeased.
impromptu: Improvised; without prior preparation; extemporaneous; unplanned.
incendiary: Intentionally stirring up strife, riot, rebellion; capable of causing fire
insatiable: Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.
intransigent: Unwilling to compromise or moderate a position; unreasonable; irreconcilable; stubborn.
invidious: Envious; causing or arising from envy.
insipid: Flat; lacking character or definition.
jejune: Lacking matter; empty; devoid of substance.
jocular: Humorous, amusing or joking.
laconic: Using as few words as possible; pithy and concise.
largo: In a very slow tempo
loquacious: Talkative or chatty, especially of persons given to excess conversation.
ludicrous: Idiotic or unthinkable, often to the point of being funny.
lugubrious: gloomy, mournful or dismal, especially to an exaggerated degree.
malevolent: having or displaying ill will; wishing harm on others
maudlin: Affectionate or sentimental in an effusive, tearful, or foolish manner, especially because of drunkenness
mollify: To ease a burden; make less painful; to comfort
mordant: Biting; caustic; sarcastic; keen; severe.
murky: Hard to see through, as a fog, water or mist.
myopic: nearsighted; unable to see distant objects or ideas unaided
nebulous: In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
nefarious: infamous for being wicked
obsequious: Excessively eager to please or to obey all instructions; fawning, subservient.
overt: Open and not secret nor concealed.
parquet: a wooden floor made of intricate design
partisan: Devoted to or biased in support of a party, group, or cause
pecuniary: Of, or relating to, money; monetary.
pejorative: Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
perspicacious: Of acute discernment; having keen insight; mentally perceptive.
picayune: Petty, trivial; of little consequence; small and of little importance; picayunish;
piquant: Favorably stimulating to the palate; pleasantly spicy; stimulating.
precipitous: Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
primordial: characteristic of the earliest stage of the development of an organism of, or relating to a primordium
pusillanimous: Showing ignoble cowardice, or contemptible timidity
quixotic: Possessing or acting with the desire to do noble and romantic deeds, without thought of realism and practicality.
quotidian: daily; occurring or recurring every day.
recumbent: Lying down.
incumbent: imposed on someone as an obligation, especially due to one's office
restive: Impatient under delay, duress, or control.
sanguine: Having the color of blood; red.
spartan: austere, frugal or characterized by self-denial
spurious: false, not authentic, not genuine
stolid: Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
summarily: Over a short period of time, briefly.
tacit: Done or made in silence; implied, but not expressed; silent; as, tacit consent is consent by silence, or by not interposing an objection.
taciturn: Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
tenable: capable of being defended against assault or attack; defensible
tenuous: Thin in substance or consistency.
unctuous: Oily or greasy.
unmitigated: Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; unrelieved
unsullied: not tarnished or harmed.
unwonted: Not customary or habitual; unusual; infrequent.
utopian: Ideal but often impractical; visionary.
vacuous: Showing a lack of thought or intelligence; vacant
vapid: lifeless, dull or banal
verdant: Green in colour.
viscous: Having a thick, sticky consistency between solid and liquid
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