Precarious
unstable, insecure or dangerous; adj.
Conversant
Knowledgeable about or experienced with; having enough knowledge to be able to carry on an intelligent conversation about a topic; adj
Corroborate
support; add evidence to; verb
Cosmopolitan
adj; belonging to the entire world, at home globally; free from local or national prejudices or attachments
Counterproductive
adj; defeating the purpose; preventing the intended goal (feckless and bootless)
Covert
adj; secret, veiled, undercover (clandestine, surreptitious, furtive)
Crafty
adj; cunning, skillful in deception or underhanded schemes (cunning, guileful, wily)
predisposed
adj;having an inclination or tendency beforehand; susceptible
preempt
verb; prevent; take the place of, supplant; take before someone else can (obviate)
presumptuous
adj; too bold or forward; going beyond that which is proper
Presumptive
adj; based on inference or assumption
Pretentious
adj; claiming or demanding a position of importance or dignity, especially when unjustified; showing off, creating a deceptive, false show of worth (ostentatious)
pristine
adj; in an original, pure state; uncorrupted (unadulterated and unsullied)
probity
noun; honesty, integrity (scrupulous, principled, veracious)
prodigal
adj; wasteful, extravagant; giving abundantly, lavish (profligate, wastrel, spendthrift)
prodigious
adj; extraordinarily large, impressive
profligate
adj; completely and shamelessly immoral, or extremely (prodigal, debauched, dissolution)
prohibitive
adj; tending to forbid something, or serving to prevent something
propriety
noun; conforming to good manners or appropriate behavior; justness (genteel, seemly, decorous, mores)
prosaic
adj; dull or ordinary (pedestrian, quotidian, lackluster, humdrum)
proscribe
verb; prohibit, outlaw; denounce; exile or banish (censure, circumscribe)
prudent
adj; wise in practical matters, carefully providing for the future (circumspect, provident)
pugnacious
adj; inclined to fight, combative (belligerent, bellicose, truculent)
qualified
adj; modified, limited, conditional on something else (tentative, temper)
quandary
noun; uncertainty or confusion about what to do, dilemma (mired)
Quibble
verb; make trivial arguments or criticisms, find faults in a petty way, esp. to invade something more important (cavil, carp, peevish)
quotidian
adj; daily; everyday, ordinary (mundane)
relegate
verb; send or commit to an inferior place, rank, condition, etc.; exile, banish; assign to someone else
remedial
adj; providing a remedy, curative; correcting a deficient skill (redress)
replete
adj; supplied in abundance, filled, gorged (surfeit, surplus, plethora)
reproach
verb; blame, disgrace; criticize, express disappointment in (admonish, reprove, upbraid, reprimand, rebuke, excoriate, castigate)
repudiate
verb; reject, cast off, deny that something has authority (recant)
requite
verb; reciprocate, repay or revenge (recompense)
rescind
verb; annul, repeal, make void (negate, nullify)
resolution
noun; the quality of being firmly determined; resolving to do something; a formal judgement, esp. decided by a vote (resolve)
resolve (noun)
firmness of purpose
restive
(adj) impatient or uneasy under the control of another
reticent
(adj) not talking much; private (of a person), restrained, reserved (laconic)
reverent
(adj) feeling or expressing very deep respect and awe (pious)
rife
(adj) happening frequently, abundant, currently being reported (replete, ridden, teeming)
rustic
(adj, noun) relation to country life, unsophisticated, primitive, made of rough wood or a rural/uncultured person
sacrosanct
(adj) sacred, inviolable, not to be trespassed on or violated; above any criticism
salubrious
(adj) healthful, promoting health
sagacious
(adj) wise; showing good judgment and foresight (sapient, prudent, circumspect, perspicacious)
sanguine
(adj) cheerfully optimistic; hopeful; reddish, ruddy
scathing
(adj) severe, injurious; bitterly harsh or critical (as a remark)
sedulous
(adj) persevering, persistent, diligent in one's efforts (assiduous)
sentient
(Adj) conscious; experiencing sensation or perceiving with the senses
solicitous
(adj) concerned or anxious (about another person), expressing care; eager or desirous; very careful
soporific
(adj) causing sleep, sleepy, drowsy; (noun) something that causes sleep