Forestall (forestallment)[permit]
v. To prevent or obstruct by taking action ahead of time
Formidable (formidableness)[hearten]
adj. Inspiring fear or respect by being impressively large or powerful
Fractious (fractiousness)[contended]
adj. Cross and quarrelsome
Frugal (frugally)[prodigal]
adj. Sparing with money or food
Furtive (furtiveness)[unveiled]
adj. Stealthy; secret
Incessant (incessantly)[periodically]
adj. Uninterrupted; continual
Incisive (incisiveness)[pliable]
adj. Having the quality of cutting in
Incoherent (incoherence)[conglutinate]
adj. Not coherent; rambling
Incongruous (incongruously)[concordant]
adj. Inconsistent; out of keeping
Indifferent (indifference)[engrossing]
adj. Without importance; uninteresting
Laudable (laudableness)[irreverent]
adj. Praiseworthy
Lethargic (lethargy)[animated]
adj. Unnaturally sleepy
Levity [pensiveness]
n. Lightness of temper or conduct
Listless (listlessness)[cognizant]
adj. Uninterested; languid
Lofty (loft)[ignoble]
adj. Very high in position or manner
Pathetic (pathetically)[gloomy]
adj. Affecting the emotion of pity
Patronize (patronizer)[antagonize]
v. To give encouragement to
Paucity [sufficiency]
n. Fewness; smallness of quantity
Perfunctory (perfunctorily)[meticulous]
adj. Done merely as a duty
Peripheral (peripherally)[paramount]
adj. Not of primary importance; auxiliary
Prolific (prolifically)[barren]
adj. Present in large numbers plentiful
Propriety [deceitful]
n. The state of conforming to accepted morals
Prosaic (prosaically)[amarous]
ad. Commonplace; unromantic
Protracted (protract)[abbreviated]
adj. Lasting for a long time or longer than expected
Provincial (provincially)[extensive]
adj. Of or concerning a province of a country or empire
Respite (respited)[continuation]
v. To postpone
Restrained (restrain)[communicative]
adj. Kept under control
Retaliate (retaliation)[abandon]
v. To make an attack in return for a similar attack
Reticent (reticence)[sanguine]
adj. Not readily revealing one's thoughts or feelings
Retract (retractable)[concede]
v. To draw or be draw back