capricious; unpredictable; inconstant; fickle; volatile; lively
mercurial
not easily disturbed or excited; calm; composed; unruffled; sluggish
phlegmatic
trite remark; commonplace statement; banal comment; clich�; bromide
platitude
lie; speak misleadingly; intentionally misstate; equivocate; fib
prevaricate
integrity; uprightness; rectitude; incorruptibility; honesty; righteousness
probity
wasteful extravagance; recklessness with money; uncontrolled spending ; lavishness
prodigality
dissipation; dissoluteness; licentiousness; debauchery; depravity; wasteful extravagance
profligacy
innate inclination; bent; natural tendency; proclivity; penchant; predisposition
propensity
appease; conciliate; mollify; placate; soothe; pacify
propitiate
denounce; condemn; prohibit; forbid; ostracize; banish; outlaw; ban
proscribe
learned authority; authoritative critic or commentator; scholarly expert; expert analyst
pundit
at rest; still; dormant; temporarily inactive; quiet; motionless
quiescent
made less dense (of a gas); elevated in nature; lofty; refined; select; esoteric
rarefied
obstinately stubborn; determined to resist authority; unruly; intractable, refractory; factitious
recalcitrant
difficult to understand; profound; abstruse; esoteric; obscure; mysterious; secret
recondite
formidable; causing fear or awe; commanding respect
redoubtable
intractable; unruly; fractious; recalcitrant; obstinately stubborn; resistant to treatment
refractory
unprincipled or evil person; depraved individual; person hardened by sin; scoundrel; wastrel; miscreant
reprobate
revoke; repeal; annul; abrogate; cancel; nullify; withdraw; countermand
rescind
conducive to good health; healthful; beneficial
salubrious
officially authorize; approve; allow ;encourage; permit; agree to
sanction
hide away; conceal; cache; produce and release a bodily substance (digestive juices, hormones, etc.)
secrete
anxious; worried; apprehensive; concerned; mindful; eager; extremely careful
solicitous
seeming plausibility; superficial but misleading appearance of correctness; validity; accuracy; correctness
speciousness
be frugal; set limits; be thrifty; restrict; be sparing; scrimp
stint
appropriate, apt; well-chosen; fortunate
felicitous
obsequious; servile; sychophantic; bootlicking; toadying
fawning
urgent; pressing; exacting; taxing; requiring immediate action
exigent
deep scholarly knowledge; scholarship; learning
erudition
lie; prevaricate; speak misleadingly; hedge
equivocate
composure; equilibrium; calmness of temperament; self-possession
equanimity
develop rapidly; flourish; send out new buds
burgeon
make shiny by rubbing; polish
burnish
discordant; unpleasant-sounding; grating; strident
cacophonous
verbal punishment; scolding; severe criticism; public censure
castigation
able to burn; dissolve, or corrode by chemical action; bitingly sarcastic; stinging; harsh; corrosive
caustic
trickery to deceive someone; deception; fraud; evasion
chicanery
thicken; congeal; clot
coagulate
concluding section of a musical or literary composition; something that rounds out, summarizes, or concludes
coda
convincing; well-argued; powerfully persuasive
cogent
corresponding in extent, degree, amount, etc.; proportionate; adequate
commensurate
comprehensive though brief summary of a larger work; digest or abstract; inventory
compendium
obliging; eager to please; overly polite
complaisant
claim or thesis; disagreement; debate; strife; conflict
contention
penitent; remorseful; repentant; deeply sorry
contrite
intricate; highly complex, even devious; involved; coiled around
convoluted
intimidate; frighten; dishearten
daunt
blacken; belittle; defame; disparage
denigrate
dry up; preserve by removing moisture; dehydrate
desiccate
aimless, haphazard; unfocused; disappointing in performance
desultory
bitter, accusing criticism; tirade; sharp verbal attack; harangue
diatribe
division; split; branching into two parts (especially contradictory ones); duality
dichotomy
timidity; shyness; self-doubt; lack of self-confidence
diffidence
wordy; verbose; widely spread out (like a gas); scattered
diffuse
individual trait, usually odd in nature; eccentricity; quirk; foible
idiosyncrasy
blindly devoted; excessively adoring; idol-worshipping; idolizing
idolatrous
lament (usually musical); funeral song or tune
dirge
correct a false impression; free someone from an erroneous belief; undeceive
disabuse
separate; unconnected; consisting of distinct parts; isolated
discrete
lacking candor; falsely pretending to be frank; insincere
disingenuous
feign; hide behind a false appearance; conceal one's motives; dissimulate
dissemble
disintegration; dissolving into parts; termination; indulgence in sensual
dissolution
discord; inharmonious sound; cacophony; disagreement; incongruity
dissonance
exuberance; overflowing enthusiasm; high-spirits; a boiling over
ebullience
impudence; shameless boldness; sheer nerve; impertinence; insolence
effrontery
humorous; joking (often appropriately); not seriously intended; flippant
facetious
weaken; debilitate; render feeble; drain
enervate
native; indigenous; prevalent in a particular region or among a particular group
endemic
eulogy; high praise; formal tribute; panegyric
encomium
mournful poem; lament for the dead; melancholy musical composition
elegy
one who hates or distrusts people
misanthrope
novice; tyro; beginner; tenderfoot
neophyte
stubbornness; obstinacy; inflexibility; intransigence
obduracy
servile; sycophantic; fawning; slavishly attentive
obsequious
prevent (problems); preclude; make unnecessary
obviate
shut; close; clog; obstruct; block
occlude
meddlesome; interfering; excessively pushy in offering one's services
officious
burdensome; heavy; oppressive
onerous
ignominy; disgrace caused by shameful behavior; state of dishonor; obloquy
opprobrium
swing to and fro like a pendulum; vacillate; waver
oscillate
pretentious show (of wealth); gaudy display (often vulgar); excessive showiness; pretentiousness
ostentation
eulogistic oration; encomium; tribute; formal expression of praise
panegyric
excessive frugality; stinginess; meanness
parsimony
scarcity; dearth; scantiness; insufficiency of number; fewness
paucity
minor sin; slight; offense; trifling fault; slip
peccadillo
showing off one's learning; overly fussy about minute details; didactic; bookish; nitpicking
pedantic
extreme poverty; destitution; indigence; pennilessness; impecuniousness
penury
lasting many years; enduring; recurring again and again; continuing
perennial
disloyal; treacherous; faithless; deceitful; traitorous
perfidious
superficial; cursory; not thorough; indifferent; negligent
perfunctory
lose vigor; fade; wane; droop; grow feeble
flag
reject mockingly; show contempt for; scoff at; disregard scornfully
flout
stir up; incite; instigate; stimulate; provoke
foment
frenzied; frantic; hectic; wildly agitated; uncontrolled
frenetic
contradict; take exception to; dispute; deny; oppose
gainsay
talkativeness; loquacity; volubility
garrulity
lofty in style; using inflated language; pompous; bombastic
grandiloquent
intense verbal attack; passionate; vehement speech; diatribe; tirade
harangue
unorthodox; unconventional; dissident; disagreeing with accepted beliefs
heterodox
uniformity of structure of composition; formation out of similar elements
homogeneity
excessively exaggerated; overstated; inflated beyond reason
hyperbolic
attacking cherished traditions; nonconformist; rebellious; dissident
iconoclastic
charmingly carefree and simple; unspoiled; serene pastoral
idyllic
without feeling; imperturbable; stoical; phlegmatic; expressionless
impassive
overbearing manner; domineering attitude; arrogance; lordliness
imperiousness
unable to be appeased; inexorable; unbending; merciless; relentless
implacable
understood, but not directly stated; implied; unquestioning
implicit
not fully formed; incipient; rudimentary; undeveloped; lacking order
inchoate
extremely poor; penurious; destitute; impecunious
indigent
inactive; motionless; immobile; incapable of reacting chemically
inert
na�ve and trusting; artless; unsophisticated; innocent
ingenuous
harmlessness; inoffensiveness; insipidity; innocent
innocuousness
narrow-mindedness; provinciality; parochialism; isolation
insularity
stubborn; unyielding; obstinate; obdurate; unruly; pigheaded
intractable
stubbornness; refusal of any compromise; obstinacy; obduracy; extreme firmness
intransigence
overwhelm; flood; submerge; deluge; swamp
inundate
accustomed; hardened; toughened; habituated
inured
abuse; verbal attack; vituperation; violent censure
invective
irritable; touchy; testy; quick-tempered
irascible
uncertain how to act; unsure; weak; indecisive; vacillating
irresolute
tearful; weeping; sorrowful; melancholy; dolorous
lachrymose
languor; weariness; lack of energy
lassitude
potential but undeveloped; dormant; hidden
latent
talkative; voluble; garrulous; gabby; long-winded
loquacious
generosity; greatness of spirit; nobility; high-mindedness
magnanimity
shirk; feign illness to evade work
malinger
rebel; nonconformist; eccentric; oddball
maverick
untruthful; lying; habitually dishonest; deceitful
mendacious
make express conditions; specify; arrange specifically; require; expressly demand; insist on
stipulate
impassive; unemotional; not easily excited; indifferent; phlegmatic; dull
stolid
assumption; surmise; hypothesis; presupposition
supposition
understood without being put into words; unspoken; silent; unvoiced; implied without being openly stated; unexpressed; implicit
tacit
peripheral; digressive; divergent; only superficially pertinent; off on a tangent
tangential
thin; threadlike; attenuated; unsubstantiated; weak; flimsy; rarefied; insignificant; unimportant; vague
tenuous
bitter outburst; vehement denunciation; extended scolding; harangue; diatribe
tirade
apathy; sluggishness; listless indifference; lethargy; stolidity; inertia; dormancy
torpor
full of twists and turns; winding; curvy; crooked; misleadingly indirect; circuitous; roundabout; serpentine; intricate
tortuous
solicit support, business; publicize; promote; advertise; praise excessively
tout
docile; amenable; yielding; submissive; readily compliant; complaisant; malleable
tractable
belligerence; aggressiveness; hostility; ferocity; pugnacity; fierceness
truculence
profound respect; reverence; awe
veneration
truthful; honest; accurate in content; precise
veracious
extreme ability in an artistic form; masterly skill or technique
virtuosity
sticky; thick; adhesive; gluey; syrupy
viscous
abusive; scathing; venomous; scolding; denunciatory; censorious; defamatory; vilifying; insulting
vituperative
justified; authorized; sanctioned; defensible; guaranteed
warranted
bewildering jumble; muddle; clutter; confusion; turmoil; tumult
welter
excessive zeal; fanaticism; intolerance of conflicting beliefs; undue enthusiasm
zealotry
improve; make better or more bearable; amend
ameliorate
combine; unite in one body; blend; merge
amalgamate
abnormal; deviant
aberrant
temporary inactivity; suspended action
abeyance
sparing in eating and drinking; temperate
abstemious
make impure by adding inferior or tainted substance; contaminate; debase
adulterate
sum total; gross amount; whole mass; materials used in making concrete
aggregate
promptness; cheerful willingness; eagerness; briskness
alacrity
highest point; point directly overhead in the sky; summit; apex; peak; culmination
zenith
one who abandons his religious faith or political beliefs; turncoat; deserter; defector; renegade; traitor; rebel
apostate
approval; good opinion; commendation; praise
approbation
one who practices self-denial; hermit; abstainer
ascetic
sharpness of temper; harshness of manner; severity; acrimony; acerbity; roughness of surface
asperity
slanderous remark; abusive attack; disparaging; comment; slur; calumny
aspersion
diligent; industrious; unremitting; persistent
assiduous
harshly biting; sharp and penetrating; bitter in taste; caustic; causing contraction
astringent
assert confidently; affirm; declare; avow; profess; as used in law, state formally as a fact
aver
deadly; having a malign; influence; ominous; threatening harm or misfortune; menacing
baleful
carefree; happy; lighthearted
blithe
pretentious and long-winded; pompous; using inflated language
bombastic
someone who acts in a rude or insensitive way; tout; oaf
boor
allow; tolerate; put up with
brook