anomaly
deviation from what is normal
assuage
to make something less severe
enigma
a puzzle; mystery
equivocal
open to question
erudite
learned; educated
fervid
having great passion
SYN: zeal
lucid
easily understood; clear
opaque
obscure; obtuse
placate
to pacify or appease
precipitate
done with very great haste and without due deliberation
prodigal
rashly or wastefully extravagant
zeal
Enthusiastic devotion
SYN: fervid
abstain
To refrain
adulterate
to make impure or inferior
apathy
lack of concern, interest or emotion
audacious
bold; insolent
capricious
impulsive and unpredictable
corroborate
to confirm or support; make more certain
desiccate
to dry out thoroughly
engender
to bring into existence; give rise to
ephemeral
lasting for a markedly brief time
gullible
easily deceived or duped
homogenous
all of the same or similar kind in nature
laconic
terse or concise
laudable
praiseworthy
loquacious
very talkative; garrulous
mitigate
to make milder
SYN: alleviate
pedant
someone who obliges to book knowledge without regard to common sense
pragmatic
practical
propriety
appropriateness
vacillate
to sway from one side to another; indecisive
volatile
fickle, tending to violence
advocate
to speak in favor of
antipathy
extreme dislike
bolster
to support; to prop up
cacophony
harsh, jarring noise
deride
to speak of or treat with contempt; to mock
dissonance
a harsh and disagreeable combination, often of sounds
enervate
to reduce in strength
eulogy
speech in praise of someone
garrulous
tending to talk a lot
ingenuous
showing innocence or childlike simplicity
lethargic
acting in an indifferent or slow, sluggish manner
malleable
capable of being shaped
misanthrope
a person who dislikes others
obdurate
hardened in feeling; resistant to persuasion
ostentation
excessive showiness
paradox
a contradiction or dilemma
philanthropic
humanitarian
prevaricate
to lie or deviate from the truth
venerate
to respect deeply
waver
to fluctuate between choices
Panacea
Cure-all
Prolix
Using or containing too many words; tediously lengthy
Fecklessness
Weak or ineffective
Dynamism
the quality of being characterized by vigorous activity and progress
Egoism
an ethical theory that treats self-interest as the foundation of morality.
Incendiary
Designed to cause fires
Veracious
Speaking or representing the truth
Luminary
Enlightening person
Clangorous
Clanging noise; loud resonant metallic sound
Tepid
Lukewarm; unenthusiastic, marked by an absence of interest
Augment
To make larger, increase
Dubious
Hesitating or doubting
precocious
showing unusually early development (especially in talents and mental capacity)
impecunious
having little or no money
assiduous
persistent, attentive, diligent
abtruse
difficult to understand
hortatory
tending or aiming to exhort
Extant
Still in existence
Malign
Evil in nature or effect
Penchant
A strong attraction or inclination
disseminate
to scatter or spread widely
promulgate
to announce; to make known
confound
confuse; puzzle
Banal
predictable; cliched; boring
Insipid
lacking interest or flavorful
fortuitous
accidental, occurring by a happy chance
foresight
ability to foresee future happenings; prudence in providing for the future
Prescient
Showing knowledge of events before they happen
serendipitous
occurring or discovered by chance in a happy or beneficial way
pretension
use of affection to impress/ a claim
commensurate
proportional
kindred
having similar origin, nature, or character
coalesce
Coming together and form one mass or whole
iconoclastic
characterized by attack on established beliefs or institutions
Integrative
serving or intending to unify separate things.
doctrinaire
rigidly devoted to theories without regard for practicality; dogmatic
heterodox
unorthodox
dogmatic
strongly opinionated in an unwarranted manner
ubiquitous
present or existing everywhere
scanty
inadequate; minimal
omnipresent
present everywhere
meager
Lacking in quantity or quality
acute
extremely sharp or intense
ameliorate
to make better
obsolete
out-of-date, no longer in use
disparate
fundamentally different; entirely unlike
quotidian
occurring daily; commonplace
herald
to bear news; to announce
harbinger
an omen or sign
cursory
hasty, not thorough
perfunctory
done without care; in a routine fashion
efficacy
effectiveness
Prevalence
Commonness
canny
having or showing shrewdness and good judgement
shrewd
having or showing sharp powers of judgement