chimerical
pragmatic, mundane
asinine
sage, prudent, judicious
titanic
diminutive, minuscule, minute, puny
irony
bluntness, frankness, candor
effete
flourishing, prolific, fecund, vital
hyperbole
understatement, litotes
diabolic
pious, virtuous, benevolent, humane
dunce
sage, savant, pundit, prodigy
draconian
lenient, indulgent, tolerant
plummet
ascend, soar
fatal
auspicious, propitious, benign, innocuous, vitalizing, restorative
nefarious
laudable, virtuous, exalted
vindicate
refute, censure, castigate, rebuke, reproach