Aphorism
1: a concise statement of a principle 2 : a terse formulation of a truth or sentiment : ADAGE
Avaricious
greedy of gain: excessively acquisitive especially in seeking to hoard riches synonyms see COVETOUS
Banal
lacking originality, freshness, or novelty: TRITE synonyms see INSIPID
Boorish
resembling or befitting a boor (as in crude insensitivity)
synonyms BOORISH, CHURLISH, LOUTISH, CLOWNISH mean uncouth in manners or appearance. BOORISH implies rudeness of manner due to insensitiveness to others' feelings and unwillingness to be agreeable
Cache
1 a: a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements b: a secure place of storage 2: something hidden or stored in a cache)
Capricious
governed or characterized by caprice : IMPULSIVE, UNPREDICTABLE synonyms see INCONSTANT)
Cerebral
appealing to intellectual appreciation <cerebral drama> b: primarily intellectual in nature <a cerebral society>
Credulous
ready to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence <accused of swindling credulous investors>)
Desultory
1: marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose <a dragged-out ordeal of...desultory shopping � Herman Wouk> 2 : not connected with the main subject 3 : disappointing in progress, performance, or quality <a desultory fifth place finish> <a desu
Disparity
1 : containing or made up of fundamentally different and often incongruous elements 2 : markedly distinct in quality or character
Egregious
CONSPICUOUS; especially : conspicuously bad : FLAGRANT <egregious errors>
Enigma
1 : an obscure speech or writing 2 : something hard to understand or explain 3 : an inscrutable or mysterious person synonyms see MYSTERY
Facetious
1 : joking or jesting often inappropriately : WAGGISH <just being facetious> 2 : meant to be humorous or funny : not serious <a facetious remark> synonyms see WITTY
Facile
1 a (1): easily accomplished or attained <a facile victory> (2): SHALLOW, SIMPLISTIC <I am not concerned...with offering any facile solution for so complex a problem � T. S. Eliot> b: used or comprehended with ease c: readily manifested and often lacking
garrulous
1 : given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative 2 : WORDY 1 <garrulous speeches> )
Gregarious
1 a: tending to associate with others of one's kind : SOCIAL b: marked by or indicating a liking for companionship : SOCIABLE c: of or relating to a social group
Guile
1: deceitful cunning: DUPLICITY
Halcyon
2 a: CALM, PEACEFUL b: HAPPY, GOLDEN c: PROSPEROUS, AFFLUENT
Hirsute
1 : HAIRY 1 2 : covered with coarse stiff hairs <a hirsute leaf>
Iconoclast
1: a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration 2: a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
Incipient
beginning to come into being or to become apparent <an incipient solar system> <evidence of incipient racial tension> [HINT: if it helps, think INCEPTION]
Jurisprudence
1: the science or philosophy of law2 a: a system or body of law b: the course of court decisions
Laconic
using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise
to the point of seeming rude or mysterious synonyms see CONCISE
Libido
1 : instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity 2 : sexual drive
Maudlin
1 : drunk enough to be emotionally silly 2 : weakly and effusively sentimental
Mendacity
1 : the quality or state of being mendacious [mendacious means- given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth <mendacious tales of his adventures>] 2 : LIE
Meretricious
1: of or relating to a prostitute: having the nature of prostitution <meretricious relationships> 2 a: tawdrily and falsely attractive <the paradise they found was a piece of meretricious trash � Carolyn See> b: superficially significant : PRETENTIOUS <sc
Misanthrope
person who hates or distrusts humankind
Nebulous
1 : of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : NEBULAR 2 : INDISTINCT, VAGUE
Neophyte
1: a new convert: PROSELYTE 2: NOVICE 1 3 : TYRO, BEGINNER
Kerfuffle
chiefly British : DISTURBANCE, FUSS
Honeyfuggle
to deceive by flattery or sweet talk; to swindle or cheat
Lagniappe
Pronunciation: \?lan-?yap,
: a small gift given a customer by a merchant at the time of a purchase; broadly : something given or obtained gratuitously or by way of good measure
Yegg
[slang] person who breaks open safes, a burglar