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tenuous?
weak flimsy thin
fugacious?
temporary that are easy to pass by
repudiate
cast off reject
assuage
to relieve to ease to allay
covetous
greedy desire to own something that is someone else’s
protracted
careful exhaustive
clement
moderate mild calm
defray
cover the costs of, pay
solicitous
showing concern care and attention
ingratiating
to win favour of, flattering
unctuous
flattering
extemporize
to improvise
expunge
to expel erase eradicate
quiescent
quiet still inactive
quandry
state of uncertainty
cavil
nitpick, point put petty flaws
clairvoyant
having exceptional powers of perception
fastidious
finicky extremely delicate
punctilious
paying attention to extremely fine points of detail
categorical
absolute
provident
economical saving thrifty
impute
charge or assign a blame
trenchant
sharp acute
laity
non professionals
prosaic
dull ordinary
perfunctory
routine mechanical perform without enthusiasm
morass
swamp march bog, sticky or troublesome situation
sophistry
deceptive reasoning
pontificate
speak in a pompous way
surreptitious
stealthy sly shifty
pugnacious
quarrelsome
facile
Easy, easily done, performed or achieved in an easy effortless way
Convivial
Festive, sociable
Eschew
To abstain from, shun, avoid
Approbation
Approval, acceptance
Legerdemain
Deception, cleverly executed trick, slight of hand
Puerile
Childish, immature
Transmute
Transform or change the nature of, usually into something better
Edify
Beach, to make better, enlighten
Supercilious
Arrogant, haughty
Vacuous
Empty vacant, devoid of any substance interest or intelligence
Capacious
Rumi, spacious, ample
Mnemonic
Related to memory
Circuitous
Indirect, roundabout
Tangential
Slightly connected or not connected
Tenable
Easily defended, reasonable something you can defend
Untenable
Something indefensible unreasonable
supine
Lying on your back, face upward
Heterodox
Having an opinion different from the conventional or the excepted opinion
Malinger
To pretend to be sick to get out of responsibility
Aver
State or declare with confidence
Refractory
Resisting control or authority, unruly
Discursive
Digressing, going from one topic to another
Redress
Compensation Reparation 
Obsequious
Submissive, subservient
Truncate
Cut short, shortened by cutting
Pernicious
Dangerous fatal deadly
Catholic?
All inclusive, universal comprehensive
Objuration
Harsh rebuke, vehement scolding
Effusive
Gushing overflowing
Umbrage
Offence, resentment
Vicissitude
Mutation, fluctuation, change
Obeisance
A gesture of respect, veneration, homage and attitude of respect or submission
Assiduous
Hard-working, industrious careful
Duplicity
Deceit, cunning double dealing
Insouciant
Carefree, calm nonchalantI am concerned, free from worry
Fortuitous
Happening by chance, accident
Apprise
Inform to inform
Appraise
To evaluate the worth of
Myrmidon
A loyal follower
Germane
Relevant, fitting precisely to the point
Licentious
lustful, lewd, sexually abandoned, lacking moral restraint
Libertine
Sexually abandoned, lacking moral restraint, lustful
Lubricious
lustful, loose,
Superannuated
Retired due to old age, obsolete, outmoded
effete
Obsolete, outmoded ineffective
descrepit
Outmoded, obsolete, old and worn out
Vapid
Dull lifeless boring
Crotchet
An old way more fancy that one clings onto stubbornly
Epigraph
an scription in the beginning
Epitaph
and inscription at the grave of somebody
Epigram
A quick witty saying
Expatiate
To write, speak at great length
sinecure
A job or a position that requires no work but rewards handsomely
Predilection
inclination
Imbroglio
A tougher intricate situation, a difficult perplexing state of affairs
Ineffable
Unable to be expressed in words
Stolid
Not easily moved aroused or excited showing little or no feelings motions
offal
Garbage, rubbish, waste
lissome
Moving gracefully
Surfeit
To feel excessively usually to the point of discomfort sickness or disgust
Blandishment
An act or speech that flatters
Prolixity
Wordy, long winded and boring, for
Apocryphal
unauthentic false
Cupidity
Greedy avarice
vernal
Related to spring
temerity
Recklessness rashness
rapprochement
re-establishing of friendly relations
Disquisition
Discourse
Munificence
Great generosity
Probity
Honesty integrity
puissant
Powerful strong mighty
Pusillanimous
Cowardly
peculate
Embezzlement
Diffident
Shy, scared to speak up
Venal
Corruptible
Extant
Existing
Meretricious
gaudy, tawdry, flashy in a cheap way
Quotidian
Daily, recurring every day
bet noire
A great beast, something somebody dislikes or wants to avoid
bon mot
A witty and clever remark
elan
spirited self assurance
chutzpa
Audacity
on the qui vive
On the alert, ready and watchful
coup de grâce
A final stroke that brings mercy to someone
pro tempore
For the time being, temporary
sine qua non
Something which is absolutely necessary
Pulchritude
Beauty loveliness attractiveness
Denouements
Unravelling of the plot
fugacious
Temporary passing away
Turbid
Mercury cloudy and clear
indefeasible
In alienable - not subject to being loat
Scurrilous
Foulmouthed, obscene vulgar
Recrudescence
Something that occurs over a brief break again
defenestrate
Throwing something out of the window
desultory
Lacking a plan, purpose
Salubrious
Health full, wholesome
Noisome
Unwholesome harmful to health
dilatory
Something that causes delay
vilify
Slander, defame
Phlegmatic
calm sluggish
Adventitious
Accidentally or casually acquired
Desiccated
Deprived of moisture
Comity
civilness, politeness
Specious
Appearing to be true at first glance but actually unauthentic false unreasonable
Calumny
Defamation of character
Excoriate
denounce someone harshly
Lassitude
, fatigue. weariness
traduce
To defame in public by using false or malicious statements
dishabille
Partial undress
Saturnalia
orgy licentious merrymaking 
Extirpate
Exterminate abolish
flagitious
Extremely wicked
Peripatetic
Itinerant
cachinnate
Laughing loudly and convulsively
Manumit
To liberate, free from slavery or bondage
Expiation
Atonement of sins
jejune
dull, uninteresting, insipid, vapid
minatory
Threatening
Putative
supposed, reputed
lucubration
Labour done at night
Troglodyte
Lives in a cave, primitive man, act in a primitive way, lives in seclusion
aleatory
Depending on luck or chance, unpredictable
Farrago
Mix, especially a confusing mix
cynosure
Focal point, centre of attention
badinage
Friendly banter
hieratic
Only by priests, used only for holy purposes
Saturnine
gloomy, sombre
Execrate
to denounce vehemently
Vitiate
To corrupt to ruin
Venial
Forgiveable
Risible
Capable of arousing laughter
Lionise
To treat somebody like a celebrity or an important personality
contretemps
An embarrassing situation
rodomontade
Arrogant bragging
hebetude
dull, stupid
deipnosophist
An adept conversationalist
Frangible
Fragile
apodictic
absolute
fulminate
To explode, along with invective language
hebdomadal
Weekly,or a period of seven days
Divagate
Digress
iatrogenic
Caused due to medical treatment
tergiversation
Abandon, desertion
Presage
To indicate something bad is about to happen
Precipitate
Rash, acting impulsively
Presentiment
Feeling that something bad is about to happen
pretense
an action that makes people believe that something is not true
example: she could not keep up the pretence that she likes him
pyrrhic
A victory at great cost
Jeremiad
A long speech full of complaints
Spartan
Lacking comfort
hector
Bully
demur
Object
parvenu
Somebody who recently rose to power but is not accepted in the general society
rapport
General understanding between a community or a group of people
PASSE
Not in fashion anymore
cache
A collection of items hidden away for fiture use
raconteur
A skilled storyteller
Sangfroid
calm
tete a tete
A private conversation between two people
kaput
No longer in existence, no longer functioning
littoral
Along the coast
Insular
Separated from the rest of the world
jaunt
A journey for pleasure
Sedulous
Assiduous, hard-working
Restive
Restless
peruse
Go through carefully
pre possessing
Attractive
Intemperate
Given to access, especially in matters of imbibing alcohol
Burnish
Making shiny
quiescent
In activity
Remiss
Neglect
Obstreperous
Very loud and out of control
chary
Careful and cautious, prudent
Palaver
idle chatter
Extraneous
Non-essential
Superfluous
Excessive non-essential
histrionics
excessively grammatical or theatric in style
Adjunct
Something added, joined
amenable
Friendly, cordial
antidiluvian
Prehistoric
apothegm
Witty remark
apposite
Relevant, strikingly appropriate
Approbation
Approval, prayers, acceptance
apropos
Relevant
argot
Specialised vocabulary of a group or community
Artless
Guileless, natural
asperity
Harshness, severity
aspersion
False rumour, deliberately misleading rumour
Astringent
Harsh severe
Atavism
Return of traits after a period of time
attenuate
exacerbate, weaken
Austere
unadorned, stern
avocation
Secondary occupation
Axiomatic
Taken for granted
bacchanalian
licentious merrymaking, drunken festivity
beatify
to sanctify, to bless
bedizen
dressing in an obscene manner
belie
To contradict, to give false impression of
badge
Beg
canard
False, deliberately misleading story
cant
Noiseless talk, insincere talk
Carping
Fault finding
caucus
A group within an organisation
Centrifugal
Away from the centre
Centripetal
Towards the centre
Churlish
Boorish, rude
clamour
Outcry, noise
Cloister
to seclude to confine
coalesce
To come together for a cause
coda
Concluding part of a literary novel
Concomitant
existing concurrently
Confound
Baffled, perplex
Consecrate
Declared sacred
Continence
Self control, self abnegation, abstention from sexual activity
Abstention
Self control, refraining from doing something especially alcohol
Contumacious
rebellious, disobedient, recalcitrant
Conundrum
Problem with no solution, riddle, Puzzle
Convention
Practice that’s widely observed
convulated
Twisted, complicated
Coquette
Woman who flirts
Covert
Secret, hidden
 cozen
deliberately mislead, fraud trick
Craven
cowardly
Credence
Acceptance of something as true
daunt
Intimidate, threaten, frighten
Defunct
no longer existing no longer functioning, kaput
Deference
Respect
Delineate
depict, represent
Demotic
relating to people 
Denigrate
Defame, slur somebody’s reputation
deride
Mock
desuetude
State of disuse
Diaphanous
transparent
DIRGE
funeral hymn
Discomfit
to make uneasy
Disabuse
to free from misconception, exculpate
Discordant
Not in tune
Dissemble
Disguise one’s motives
Discrete
Distinct, different
Discretion
Minding one’s language and speech
doctrinaire
Dogmatic, unyielding
Dissident
Somebody who disagrees about beliefs
Dissonance
Lack of harmony
distrait
 inattentive, preoccupied
Distill
Extract the important elements
Thespian
dramatic, acting theatrical
Expatriate
sent into exile
Explicate
Explain clarify
Expository
explanatory
Facetious
Humorous
Factotum
Handyman that does all sorts of jobs
Fatuous
Self-satisfied foolishly
felicitous
appropriate, well chosen
Flout
, disregard treat scornfully
Foment
to stir it up, instigate
Forbearance
Patience
Forswear
denounce renounce, repudiate
fracas
Quarrel, loud
Fractious
Quarrelsome
Froward
Stubborn, disobedient, obstinate
fulsome
excessively disgusting
Gainsay
deter
Gambol
Frolic
halycon
Calm and composed
Hallowed
Sacred, holy
harangue
Long pompous speech
homily
sermon
idolatry
Idol worship
Imprecation
curse
inchoate
imperfectly formulated
indolent
Lazy
Ineluctable
Inevitable
Insularity
Narrowmindedness, isolation
peremptory
expected to be obeyed immediately
insuperable
Unconquerable
Interdict
For bid
Internecine
Harmful to both sides
Interpolate
Insert
Interregnum
Gap in continuity
Intransigence
Stubborn, opposing authority
inured
Accustomed to, used to
inveigh
To disapprove
inveigle
To win over by flattery
Invidious
Offensive
jibe
to mock, insult
Jocose
amusing jocular
labile
Likely to change
lambaste
To thrash verbally or physically
Libertine
Having loose morals
limn
To describe
Limpid
Clear, transparent
Diaphanous
Transparent
lucre
Money or profit
machiavellian
Crafty
menagerie
Collection of variety of animals
mettle
Courage
minutia
Small details, petty details
neophyte
tyro, amateur
nexus
centre
nugatory
Invalid
occlude
Opposite of include,
officious
Meddlesome
Opprobrium
Disgrace
paean
Song of joy
pallid
lacking color, dull
panegyric
elaborate praise
Pathological
Away from normal
patois
Regional dialect
pellucid
Transparent
Peregrination
Itinerant, travelling from one place to another
Perfidious
Untrustworthy, disloyal
Perrigee
closest to the earth
physiognomy
Facial features
pique
Fleeting feeling of hurt
piquant
Attractive
plumb
Examine deeply
poseur
Somebody who changes themselves to appeal to others
prate
idle chatter
precept
law or principle
Prevaricate
Evade the truth
Propitiate
To appease, win over
Propriety
Correct conduct
purport
claim
quagmire
Difficult situation
quail
To lose heart
qualms
moral restrictions
raiment
Clothing
rarefied
Different from the lives and concerns of ordinary people
recant
taking back something said (publicly)
recondite
Something about which little is known
Abstruse
Difficult to understand
relegate
to consign an inferior position
renege
To go back on one’s word
repine
Complain
Reprise
Repetition
Reproach
Blame
Reprobate
Extremely wicked
riposte
Retaliatory action
Rubric
Heading, establish mood of procedure or conduct, protocols
subterfuge
Trick
stratgem
Trick
Salutary
Favourable to health
Sartorial
Pertaining to Tailor
sedulous
Diligent, hard-working
serville
Subservient
sidereal
Related to stars
Simiam
Ape like
sinuous
intricate,
Stentorian
Extremely loud
Stultify
To impair
stygian
Dark, hellish
Sundry
Various
sylvan
Relating to woodd and forest
tome
Large. Old book
torpor, torpid
Lethargy, sluggishness
tout
Promote
Tractable
Obedient, yielding
travail
Work
Travesty
Parody
Tremulous
Trembling
truculence
Aggressiveness
Tutelary
Tutelage
Untoward
Not wholesome, troublesome
vaunt
boast, Brag
veracious
Truthful
veracity
Accuracy
Virtuoso
Master
visage
Appearance
weltor
To be in turmoil
zealot
Rebel
abstemious
Moderate in appetite
gourmand
Person who enjoys fine food
hoodwink
To deceive
charlaton
Some person who indulges in chicanery
bilk
To cheat
stalwart
Faithful, loyal, reliable
dirisory
Derisive, disparaging
Reproach
To express disappointment
Slight
To insult by ignore 
Vivacious
Lively and animated
celerity
Swiftness
Feckless
Irresponsible, unmotivated
Portmanteau
Word formed by joining to words, example smog
eponymous
Named after a person
Bombastic
Pompous
Sesquipedalian
Somebody who enjoys using very long words
Benighted
unelightened
Unlettered
Illiterate
Collegial
Camaraderie within a group
Brusque
Short and to the point, almost to the degree of being impolite
Impolitic
Unwise
Philistine
Ignorant of art and culture
reverie
The state of being lost in day dreams
palimpset
something reused or altered but still bearing visible traces of its earlier form.
curio
rare, unusual, or intriguing object.
educe
bring out or develop (something latent or potential).
Bereavement
the state of having lost a relative or close friend who has recently died
Ignoble
Having dishonourable character
Contemptible
Despicable
mullish
stubborn, obstinate
waspish
Irascible, easily angered
Apostate
Someone who rejects widely excepted beliefs
priggish
Sanctimonious, holier than thou
Sacrilege
blasphemy
Inviolable
Pure
Novitiate
Beginner in a religion
syncretic
Fusion of several different beliefs
ecclesiastical
Related to clergy or church
Anathema
curse
Ecumenical
Union of different churches
Extenuate
lessen the severity
Execrate
to express disappointment disapproval
Expurgate
To remove objectionable content
discreet
Not drawing attention to an activity that is generally kept private
Flounder
Flail about
Founder
to sink
Ingratiate
To appease
Cloying
Overly sentimental to the point of being disgusting
mawkish
Synonym of cloying, overly sentimental
besmirch
To slander
Raillery
to tease
Jingoist
patriotic and constantly calling for war
Propitiate
To appease
Phantasmagorical
Characterised by many suddenly changing images, as in a nightmare or hallucination
Schism
A major rift within a large group
coterie
A group that has shared interest
Diminutive
Very tiny
Prodigious
Great
Slipshod
Careless
Persnickety
Fault finding, nitpicky
Moribund
Almost dying
verdant
Lush and green
Intermittent
Occurring on and off
Interminable
Without an end
Stasis
State of inactivity
blithe
Calm and happy
dour
morose, persistently glum
crepuscular
Describing the evening
fin de siecle
describing the period at the end of the 19th century
Palatable
Agreeable, pleasant tasting
toothsome
Delicious
Impertinent
Rude
Garish
gaudy, obtrusily bright and showy
Panache
Stylish
protean
able to take different forms
largesse
Munificent, generosity in giving gifts
sybarite
A person who indulges in highly luxurious and sensual things
Profligate
Excessively wasteful
Epicurean
devoted to a life of lavish living
maudlin
silly and sentimental
Hamstring
To make someone powerless
choleric
Easily angered
Bilious
Bad Tempered
Chimera
Illusion
Apollonian
Relating to peoples rational side
dionysian
Relating to peoples emotional side
Chereb
Baby or somebody with angelic features
Seraphic
Describing someone with an angelic feature
theodicy
belief that evil has a purpose
empyrean
Heavens
numinous
Supernatural
Polymath
somebody w skills in various fields
Destitute
Very poor
maven
Skilful, an expert
barnstorm
Go to rural places to collect vote
Apparatchik
Blindly loyal officer of an organisation
plenary
A meeting with all the members
Scapegoat
somebody who is blamed for things that isnt their fault
uproarious
Extremely humorous
Disconsolate
So sad that you can’t console
elegiac
Extremely mournful
snub
Ignore
cipher
Person of no importance
aquiesce
Agree reluctantly
Turpitude
Depraved
kowtow
Meek, To kowtow means to show somebody in authority too much respect and be too willing to obey them.
Imperious
Extremely bossy and commanding
Impudent
cheeky and Rude
Lugubrious
Excessively mournful
redowned
contribute greatly to (a person’s credit or honour).
Tenacious
Determined
perspicacity
shrewdness
gravitas
Seriousness, dignity
Welsh
Break a promise
Rapture
Feeling of extreme happiness
Deliquesce
Melt away
comely
Pleasant to look at
Nebbish
meek
kvetch
Complain
kibitz
To talk to someone formally
nonpareil
Unparalleled
Fulcrum
The point on which something is supported
Entropy
Disorganised
Ascendant
Gaining influence
rife
Describing something that is very harmful but widespread
Entreat
To plead
Inexorable
Incapable of being stopped
Indomitable
Impossible to stop
armistice
An agreement between two parties to stop fighting
maraud
raid or Pillage
revanshism
Seeking of lost territory
Curmudgeon
Ill tempered person
Bromide
platitude
Self aggrandisement
Portraying one self as highly important
Self-effacing
Taking the conversation away from oneself
vie
To compete
Pith
The essence of something
Indefatigable
Not tiring not giving up
detente
The lessening of hostility between nations
ado
fuss
avant garde
Somebody who creates or invents new ideas or things
Flummox
To perplex
Discombobulate
Completely confused
Intrepid
Fearless
edict
A decree or proclamation
bailiwick
Somebody’s area of interest or knowledge
Malapropism
Using a word in a wrong way
eudaemonic
Promoting happiness
euphony
Harmonious pleasant sound
Anthropomorphic
Having human characteristics
Anthropophagy
Cannibalism
circumambulate
walk Around something
Circumvent
To figure your way around a problem
Protuberance
Something that sticks out, protrudes
Provenance
The origin of something
Providential
Opportune, fortunate, happening at the right time
Transmogrified
Transform in a surprising manner
transpose
Cause two things to swap places
Transgress
To stay away from what is moral behaviour
discry
To discern
periphrastic
long winded, talk in a roundabout way
Parapet
A protective wall
Paroxysm
A burst of emotion
panoply
A lavish display of something

Pantomime
use only hands to indicate something or communicate something
Pantheist
Somebody who is a believer in a great spiritual being
Pantheist
Somebody who is a believer in a great spiritual being
Pantheist
Somebody who is a believer in a great spiritual being
Apotheosis
A perfect example
apothegm
A old saying
Apoplectic
Extremely angry
Reconnoitre
To inspect and learn something about an area
Antebellum
before the Civil War
casus bellie
A justification for war war
Subterranean
Underground
Subterranean
Underground
Interloper
Intruder
Interlocutor
somebody’s engagement conversation
Inimical
Hostile
inter
To bury
Indoctrination
teaching instruction
Arrogate
Take something without justification
supererogatory
Unnecessary, beyond what is necessary
abut
Share boundaries with
Aficionado
Somebody who has special interest in something, somebody who is passionate about some subject or some field
Atrophy
Wearing down due to lack of use
Aphasia
Inability to speak
Consanguinity
Relatedness through blood
Contumacious
Stubborn
Decadent
Something that is inclined to disrepute
Detritus
To refuse
enjoin
To urge someone to do something
ensconce
To hide
Encomium
Speech with highest praise
Factoid
A false fact that has been around for so long that it accepted as true
Putrefaction
Decaying of body
Endogenous
Originating internally
Unmitigated
Aisa kuch Kam nahin hua Hai, absolute
Compendious
Comprehensive but concise
Antiquated
Old-fashioned
Bedlam
Utter chaos
beguile
To deceive in a charming way
carouse
To go around partying
Festoon festoon
Decorate something
Finagle
to get something through chicanery
foist
For someone to do something
Fritter
Waste
filigree
Fanciful decoration around the edges
Gentrification
Converting from low to high end
glom
Grab on to something
harry
harass incessantly
Impervious
Something that cannot be penetrated
Languorous
Pleasant lethargic
leery
Being suspicious
nary
Not any
Natter
Talk aimlessly and unnecessarily, idle chatter
natty
Dressing in fine clothes
Ossify
To get rigid, Harden
Ornery
mean spirited
oeuvre
The complete work of an artist
Quisling
Traitor
ululate
howl like a wolf
Prognosticate
Predict through currently available information
rarefy
to make rare, to weaken
Unwonted
Unaccustomed
Caparisoned
Adorn
DOUGHTY
Valiant, brave
paladin
Champion of a cause
rancor
Deep seated hatred
Bellwether
Leader
Contumacious
Stubborn
Ablutions
Act of Washing oneself, religious connotation
volte face
Complete change of attitude
savoir faire
the ability to act in a particular way in public
rechereche
To obsecure and unusual to be understood
pro rata
proportional
zephyer
Soft gentle breeze
putsch
secretly plotted and suddenly executed attempt to overthrow a government
paroxysm
a sudden attack or outburst of a particular emotion or activity.
auscultate
To listen to sounds within such cavities of the body as the chest and abdomen
effeminate
Having qualities that are feminine
immure
To build a wall around
Proffer
To bring forward, to offer
divulsion
Tearing apart
encaustic
Fixed by heat
Supernumerary
Not essential, superfluous above the number
secede
Go away, with draw
Hyperborean
Beyond the north
out herod
Exceed in violence
periphrastic
talk in a roundabout way
antepenult
Before almost the last
Prognosis
Forecast
nonage
Youth, immaturity
Unstinting
Not holding back
Countermands
Cancel, rescind
Obloquy
Disgrace, censure
dyspepsia
Bad digestion
Rectitude
Righteousness
autochthonous
Native, aboriginal, original, indigenous
bedight
Adorned
bedight
Adorned
paronomasia
Play on words, in which one uses words whose sounds are closely alike but whose meanings are different, pun
Oblation
a thing presented to God
colloquy
Conversation
prorogue
postpone, defer
penumbra
almost shade
Adumbrate
Foreshadow, indicate
perfidy
untrustworthy, deceitful
Apostate
Projector of religion,
Animadversion
Criticise, censure
accretion
gradual increase
sexton
Church custodian
eleemosynary
Dependent upon charity
asseverate
To declare solemnly
Benison
Blessing
costive
Slow, reluctant
desideratum
Something that was needed, required, prerequisite
solipsist
Extreme egocentrism
sequestered
means isolated or separated.
Poltroon
means an utter coward.
portent
sign or warning tyat somethung cataclysmic is ab to happen
beleaguered
in a very difficult situation.
credulous
Having to greater readiness to believe things
inimical
Tending to obstruct, harm, hostile
emend
make changes or improvements to a text
palliate
lessen the severity, allay
exiguous
very small in size
preponderance
1 : a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength
emollient
attempting to avoid confrontation or anger; calming or conciliatory.
bedvil
something bad) cause great and continual trouble to.
conscientacious
wishing to do one’s work or duty well and thoroughly.
obtrude
intrude
cthonic
relating to or inhabiting the underworld.
mordant
especially of humour) having or showing a sharp or critical quality; biting.
ignominy
public shame or disgrace.
impunity
pardon
lurid
unpleasantly bright in colour, especially so as to create a harsh or unnatural effect.
billious
(of a colour) lurid or sickly.
gravamen
the essence or the most serious part of a complaint or accusation
effluvium
bad odour
perspicuity
the ability to think write and speak clearly
regurgitate
to bring up or repeat information without understanding it
regurgitate
to bring up or repeat information without understanding it
redoubtable
formidable person
lodestar
a person or thing that serves as an inspiration or guide.
lodestar
a person or thing that serves as an inspiration or guide.
languorous
lazy, lethargic
impassive
not showing any emotion
bone idle
lazy
fainéant
an idle or ineffective person
otiose
serving no practical purpose, without any significance, vain, idle
bumfuzzle
confused, perplexed or flustered
cattywampus
something that is in disarray, something that is askewed
gardyloo
warning given by people to pedestrians before they dumped their loo buckets into the streets
taradiddle
something that is a great lie, or something/someone that is filled with pretentious nonsense
widdershins
something that is going in the opposite direction, synonym of counter-clockwise
