Broach
(v.) to bring up or begin to talk about; to announce, introduce; to break the surface of the water; to turn sideways to the wind and waves; to pierce in order to draw off liquid; (n.) a spit for roasting; a tool for tapping casks
Choleric
(adj.) easily made angry, bad-tempered
Impromptu
(adj., adv.) without preparation, offhand, suddenly or hastily done; (n.) an extemporaneous composition or remark; a minimal piece suggestive of improvisation
Inauspicious
(adj.) unfavorable, unlucky, suggesting bad luck for the future
Jejune
(adj.) lacking in nutritive value; lacking intrest or substance, immature, juvenile
Rejoinder
(n.) a reply to a reply, especially from the defendant in a legal suit
Sadistic
(adj.) delighting in cruelty, excessively cruel
Sartorial
(adj.) of or pertaining to a tailor or his work; having to do with clothes or dress (especially men's)
Tortuous
(adj.) winding, twisted, crooked; highly involved, complex; devious
Deference
SYN: respect, consideration, courtesy
Demeanor
SYN: conduct, behavior, bearing, carriage
Encumber
SYN: overload, saddle, hamoer, clog
Inception
SYN: commencement, inauguration, outset
Requisite
SYN: required, obligatory, incumbent
Sententious
SYN: aphoristic, epigrammatic, moralistic
Thwart
SYN: foil, baffle
Tortuous
SYN: circuitous, serpentine, labyrinthite
Turgid
SYN: inflated, pompous, bombastic, overblown
Adamant
ANT: yielding, flexible, pliable
Brouhaha
ANT: boredom, calm, calmness, peace, quiet, quietude, repose, silence, tranquility
Buttress
ANT: undermine, weaken, impair
Cloy
ANT: stimulate, whet
Connoisseur
ANT: ignoramus, philistine, yahoo
Curtail
ANT: limit, abbreviate, abridge, contract
Grisly
ANT: pleasant, delightful, attractive
Mawkish
ANT: unsentimental, callous, insensitive
Opportune
ANT: untimely, inconvenient, inappropriate