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Sagacity
Having good judgement, Wise
Grandiloquent
Pompous, Extravagant
Commodius
Roomy and comfortable
Profligate
Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in use of resources
Wastrel
Good-for-nothing person, Profligate
Churl
Rude in a mean spirited way
Decorous
In keeping with good taste
Cicatrix
Scar of a healed wound
Wanton
Deliberate and unprovoked
Approbatory
Expressing praise or approval
Blandishing
Coaxing someone with kind words
Ponderous
Unpleasantly boring
Affable
Friendly
Analeptic
Stimulant drug
Parochial
Relating to a church parish / limited in scope
Vapid
Uninteresting
Tumid
Swollen / Pompous, Bombastic
Trenchant
Incisive, Sharply focused, Cutting
Soporific
Tending to cause sleep
Importuned
Harassed persistently to do something
Salient
Most noticeable or important
Plangent
Loud, Reverberating, often melancholy
Pastiche
Artistic work in the style of another
Encomium
Speech or writing that praises
Magnanimity
Generosity, Forgiveness
Scatalogical
Characterized by an interest in excretion
Diminutive
Unusually small
Ascetic
Simple, Unadorned
Furtive
Sneaky, Suspicious
Risible
Provoking Laughter
Elucidate
Make something clear, explain
Recalcitrant
Having an uncooperating attitude
Augur
To be a sign or omen of something
Undemonstrative
Quiet
Poltroon
Cowardly
Pusillanimous
Lacking courage
Anodyne
Alleviating pain, inoffensive
Parlous
Perilous
Pertinacious
Resolute, Stubborn
Intractable
Obstinate
Unctuous
Insincere, groveling, excessively flattering
Doughty
Valiant, Fearless
Contrite
Feeling or expressing remorse at the recognition that one has done wrong.
Insolent
showing a rude and arrogant lack of respect
Nonplussed
so surprised and confused that one is unsure how to react
Consternation
amazement that throws something into confusion
Calumny
Slander
Impertinance
Lack of respect, Rudeness
Indolence
Laziness
Appellation
Name, Title
Dolorous
Miserable, Anguished
Sojourn
Temporary stay or rest
Copse
Group of trees
Perquisites
A benefit which one enjoys or is entitled to on account of one’s job or position, Perks
Fortuitous
Showing good luck
Explicate
Analyse and develop (an idea or principle) in detail
Protean
Tending or able to change frequently or easily
Sectarian
Narrow-minded
Prurient
Lewd
Providential
Very lucky
Rectitude
Righteousness