Inimical
hostile
Scrupulous
extreme care/principled
Prolific
intellectually productive
Gauche
(adj.) awkward, lacking in social graces, tactless, clumsy
Munificent
very generous
Arbitrary
random decision
prodigious
enormous
Poignant
emotionally touching
inscrutable
difficult to understand
inveterate
habitual
trite
overused
lionize
treat as highly important
repudiate
to reject
reverent
deeply respectful
taciturn
silent; not talkative
consituent
a person whom a member of Congress has been elected to represent
Winsome
charming
Resurgent
a rise after defeat
Pedestrian
ordinary or dull
Hegemony
domination over others
Intrepid
fearless
Admonish
to warn
Rescind
to cancel
Garrulous
talkative
Obsequious
overly submissive and eager to please
insolent
rude
tempered
moderated, restrained
irrevocable
irreversible
Arcane
mysterious
Precipitous
with excessive or careless speed; very steep
brazen
bold and without shame
antithetical
sharply contrasted in character or purpose
sycophant
A person who flatters; a yes-man
Recind
to cancel
propitious
lucky; favorable
dilettante
amateur, dabbler
sanction
give approval to
tractable
easily managed or controlled
audacity
boldness
Foment
to arouse or incite
Pernicious
(adj.) extremely harmful; deadly, fatal
Vacillate
to waver; to sway indecisively
Austere
(adj.) severe or stern in manner; without adornment or luxury, simple, plain; harsh or sour in flavor
Subversive
in opposition to authority or government
circumscribe
to restrict