flippant
adj. friviolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking seriousness
pugnacious
adj. inclined to quarrel or fight readily; combative
rabid
adj. irrationally extreme in opinion or practice; furious or raging; affected or pertaining to rabies
admonish
v. to caution, advise, or counsel against something; to reprove or scold, especially in a mild manner
breach
v. to break or rupture, especially with the law, trust, faith, or promise
expound
v. to set forth a stole in detail; to explain or interpret
spurious
adj. not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the proper sources; counterfeit
unbridled
adj. not controlled or restrained
erratic
adj. deviating from the usual or proper course in conduct or opinion; having no certain or definite course
subjugate
v. to bring under complete control; conquer; to make submissive or subservient; to enslave
pilfer
v. to steal, especially repeatedly in small quantities
depict
v. to represent by or as characterized in words, to devise, portray, or delineate
dissolute
adj. indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct
trite
adj. lacking in freshness or excessive repetition; hackneyed of style
biased
adj. having or showing prejudice
render
v. to cause to be or become; to make, to do, to provide or furnish
scrutinize
v. to examine in detail with careful or critical attention
evoke
v. to elicit or draw forth; to call up; cause to appear or summon
pompous
adj. characterized by an ostentatious display of dignity or important; loftily or high-flown
brazen
adj. shameful or impudent
doleful
adj. sorrowful; mournful; melancholy
prattle
v. to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; bubble
succumb
v. to give away to superior force; yield
atone
v. to make amends or reparation, as for an offense or crime
sardonic
adj. characterized by bitter or scornful derision; mocking; cynical; sneering
cynical
adj. distrusting or disparaging the moves of others; pessimistic
reminiscent
adj. awakening memories of something similar
simulate
v. to create a likeness or model of a situation, system, or the like
amplify
v. to make larger, greater, or stronger; enlarge; extend
connote
v. to signify or suggest certain meanings or ideas in addition to the explicit or primary meaning
provocative
adj. tending or serving to provoke, inciting, stimulating, irritating
didactic
adj. inclined to teach or lecture others too much; intending to teach a moral lesson
antagonistic
adj. acting in opposition, hostile, unfriendly
augment
v. to make larger; enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase
misconceive
v. to interpret wrongly; misunderstood
ascribe
v. to credit or assign, as to cause or source, attribute
embody
v. to give concrete form; to express, personify, or exemplify
gape
v. to stare with an open mouth in wonder; to open as a gap, to split, to make something wide
discern
v. to perceive by the sight; to recognize; to distinguish; to discriminate
conciliatory
adj. intended to placate or reconcile someone
contentious
adj. argumentative
empathetic
adj. empathizing with someone, able to feel their pain
frivolous
adj. carefree
chastise
v. to discipline; corporal punishment....?
extol
v. to highly praise someone
pretentious
adj. thinking you are better than everyone
paternalistic
adj. controlling micromanagers
nostalgic
adj. yearning for happiness felt in a former time, place, or situation
mediate
v. to settle disputes by acting as an intermediary between parties
diffuse
v. to pour out and spread like a fluid; to spread and scatter widely
efface
v. to obliterate; to expunge
terse
adj. short
morose
adj. gloomy
tenacious
adj. stubborn
muddle
v. to mix up in a confused manner, jumble
configure
v. to design or adapt for a specific purpose
deride
v. to scorn, to laugh at, to scoff at somebody
abashed
adj. ashamed or embarrassed
ambiguous
adj. unclear; having several possible meanings
apathetic
adj. indifferent
jeer
v. to speak negatively, to taunt, to mock in an angry way
pileferate
v. to rapidly expamd
censure
v. to criticize in a harsh or vehement manner
audacious
adj. bold, daring, fearless
bemused
adj. confused
benevolent
adj. kind