Speech

Candid (adj. frank)

Lucid (adj. clear, easy to understand)
Luculent (adj. easily understood, lucid, clear)
Pellucid (adj. easy to understand)
Rhetoric (n. art of effective & persuasive
speaking/writing); Language to influence people
(May not be onest)
Oration (n. for!al speec given on cere!onial
occasion)
Didactic (adj. instructive)
Garrulous (adj. e"cessively talkative)
Loquacious (adj. e"cessively talkative) #ood
ability
Volubility (n. fluency, easy use of spoken
language); voluble (adj.)
Eloquent (adj. e"pressive, well spoken)
Conjecture (n., v., opinion/conclusion based on
inco!plete infor!ation or lacking proof)
Prattle (v. babble !eaninglessly, talk in idle &
e!pty !anner)
Prate (v. catter, babble)
Reticent (adj. $uiet, reserved)
Taciturn (adj. reserved)
Harangue (v. deliver a po!pous speec)
Peroration (n. grandilo$uent speec)
Descant (v. co!!ent at lengt)
Words
Laconic (adj. using few words)
Terse (adj. using few words)
Verbose (adj. using !ore words)
Prolix (adj. %erbose)
o!bastic (adj. ig sounding language wit little
!eaning) &o!pous
"uccinct (adj. brief, concise)
Pithy (adj. precise & brief)
Li!#id (adj. clear & accessible esp. in
writing/!usic)
$elli%luous (adj. sweetly flowing usually used to
describe words)
Relevant/important/appropriate
Pertinent (adj. relevant)
Ger!ane (adj. relevant/appropriate)
"alient (adj. relevant)
Pith (n. essential or central part)
&ernel (n. central or !ost i!portant part)
'##osite (adj. appropriate, relevant)
Unnecessary/ unimportant
Ob(iate (v. !ake unnecessary); 'o prevent
"u#er%luous (adj. unnecessary)
)ugatory (adj. uni!portant)
Tri(ial (adj. insignificant)
Evil/ill/wrong/harm
*nsinuate (v. int/suggest in an indirect &
unpleasant way)
$ale(olent (adj. wising evil to oters)
$ale%actor (n. person wo co!!its a
cri!e/so!eting wrong)
$alediction (n. curse)
$al%easance (n. wrongdoing)
$inatory (adj. treatening)
$enacing (adj. treatening); Menace (n. treat,
!enace)
)oxious (adj. ar!ful, injurious)
E%%lu(ia (n. outflow, no"ious odor/vapor)
)ocuous (adj. ar!ful)
*nnocuous (adj. ar!less)
Pernicious (adj. ar!ful)
Virulent (adj. very ar!ful/poisonous)
Vitiate (v. spoil or i!pair te $uality or efficiency
of)
+nto,ard (adj. &erverse, unruly, unsee!ly)
Tur#itude (n. wickedness)
Enor!ity (n. e"cess of so!eting bad)
*ni!ical (adj. ar!ful, da!aging, injurious)
Exacerbate (v. !ake worse or severe)
*niquity (n. gross injustice, wickedness)
ale%ul (adj. sinister, pernicious, o!inous)
ane (n. cause of injury, poison, ar!)
Rightness/correctness/morality
Rectitude (n. !orally correct beaviour)
Disabuse (v. to undeceive, set rigt)
Ho!ily (!orali(ing discourse)
Priggish (adj. self)rigteously !oralistic)
"er!on (n. !orali(ing talk)
"ancti!onious (adj. sowing oneself to be !orally
superior); sancti!ony (n.)
Presu!#tuous * 'oo confident in a way tat is
rude; done witout per!ission
"ententious (adj. !oralistic)
E#igra!!atic
'#horistic
Belief/faith
Recantation (n. abandon!ent of a previously eld
belief); recant (v.)
'#ostate (n. person wo abandons a belief)
'theist (n. one wo doesn+t believe in god)
Pious (adj. very devout or sowing religious
devotion), piety (n.)
Ecclesiastic (n. priest/clergy!an); ecclesiastical
Heretic (adj. violating accepted religious dog!a or
convention), eresy (n.)
las#he!y (n. insult to god or sacred tings)
"acrilege (n. violation of so!eting sacred)
Canon (n. religious law/rule/principle), canonical
(adj.)
'nathe!a (n. religious curse)
Credulous (adj. tending to believe too readily)
Gullible (adj. believing easily & readily)
Guilt/blame
Excul#ate (v. to free fro! bla!e)
Exonerate (v. to free fro! bla!e)
Cul#able (adj. deserving bla!e)
Pure/impure
Pristine (adj. pure/clean/uncorrupted)
Dross (n. slag, waste, i!purity, surface scu!)
'dulterate ,!ake i!pure (v.), i!pure (adj.)-
$aculate (adj. !arked wit spots/blotces; i!pure)
es!irched (adj. !arked wit spots)
*!!aculate (adj. spotlessly clean; pure)
Good/well wishing
enediction (n. blessing)
$agnani!ity (n. generous, noble, forgiving)
"olicitous (adj. concerned/attentive)
"alutary (adj. causing i!prove!ent, good for
ealt)
"alubrious (adj. pro!oting ealt or well)being)
'(uncular (adj. kind & friendly towards a younger
or ine"perienced person like an uncle)
Support
'us#ice (n. protection, support, patronage)
olster (v. support/reinforce)
aving or spending less money
Penurious (adj. ungenerous, trifty)
"#aring (adj. econo!ical)
*!#ecunious (adj. poor)
"tint (v. be sparing or frugal)
Pro(ident (adj. frugal)
Parsi!onious (adj. very unwilling to spend
!oney); &arsi!ony (n.)
Penury (n. poverty, destitution)
aving or spending more money
"#endthri%t (n. e"travagant spender)
Prodigal (adj. wastefully e"travagant)
Pro%ligate (adj. .pendtrift)
"quander (v. waste in a reckless !anner)
O#ulent (adj. ostentatiously ric & lu"urious)
!orrupt/immoral/greedy or wor"ing for
money
Venal (adj. easy to bribe)
$ercenary (adj. pri!arily !otivated by
!oney/desire for gain) &aid soldier
Dissolution (n. looseness in !orals); dissolute(adj.)
)e#otis! (n. favoritis!)
Ra#acious (adj. greedy/plundering)
'(arice (n. greed esp. for !oney); avaricious (adj.)
Libertine (n. i!!oral)
#pproval/Praise/honor
Eulogy (n. speec or writing in praise of so!eone
dead)
Panegyric (n. speec or writing in praise of
so!eone)
Laud (v. praise igly), laudatory (adj. e"pressing
praise)
Laurel (v. onor/praise)
'##robation (n. an e"pression of approval/praise)
'ccolade (n. an e"pression of praise)
'dulation (n. e"cessive praise/adoration)
Paean (n. song/y!n of praise & tanksgiving)
Venerate (v. respect)
Re(ere (v. respect), reverent (adj. respectful)
Enco!iu! (n. glowing praise)
"anction (n. autoritative per!ission/approval)
Tout (v. publicly praise)
'#otheosis (n. glorification to godliness)
$isrespect/unconcern/carefree
Ca(alier (adj. disrespectful, lacking concern)
*!#udent (adj. disrespectful)
'rrant (adj. disrespectful) 'e worst kind
-li##ant (adj. casually unconcerned, disrespectful)
*rre(erent (adj. disrespectful)
*nsouciant (adj. unconcern, carefree) /ela"ed and
cal!
lithe (adj. carefree)
%i"ing/fondness
Predilection (n. favor/preference)
-ancy (v. desire)
Penchant (n. strong liking)
Pro#ensity (n. natural
inclination/tendency/pencant)
Procli(ity (n. natural inclination) *ve tings
Pine (v. long for so!eting/so!eone intensely)
$isli"e
'bhor (v. ate)
Odious (adj. causing intense dislike)
Re#ugnant (adj. distasteful, unacceptable); odious
'nathe!a (n. so!eting e"tre!ely disliked)
$isanthro#e (n. one wo ates all oter u!ans)
$isogynist (n. one wo ates wo!en)
$isoga!ist (n. one wo ates !arriage)
Conte!n (v. scorn/despise/ate)
'nti#athy (n. dislike)
'(ersion (n. dislike)
Pariah (n. an outcaste, a rejected/despised person)
Proud/$omineering/#rrogant
O%%icious (adj. 0o!ineering)
"u#ercilious (adj. arrogant)
*!#erious (adj. arrogant)
Vaunt (v. brag/boast)
raggart (n. person wo brags)
E%%rontery (n. arrogance)
Pere!#tory (adj. arrogant)
O(er,eening (adj. presu!ptuously arrogant)
O(erbearing (adj. arrogant)
Hubris (n. arrogant presu!ption or pride)
o!bast (v. self)i!portant/po!pous speec or
writing)
Turgid (adj. &o!pous/ bo!bastic)
Tu!id (adj. &o!pous/ bo!bastic)
Virago (n. loud do!ineering wo!an)
Hege!ony (n. do!inance of one state/ideology
over oter)
appy
"anguine (adj. ceerful)
.ocose/ .ocular (u!orous, gay)
liss (n. perfect/spiritual appiness)
oisterous (adj. !erry)
eati%ic (adj. feeling or e"pressing blissful
appiness); beatify (v. bless, !ake appy)
Unhappy/gloomy
Dirge (n. la!ent for te dead, !ournful song)
Lachry!ose (adj. tearful, sad)
Lugubrious (adj. sad, !ournful)
Dis!al (adj. sad)
Distraught (adj. very worried/upset)
Elegy (n. !ournful poe! esp. la!enting for te
dead)
$orose (adj. sad, sullen)
Poignant (adj. distressing)
"aturnine (adj. #loo!y)
"tygian (adj. dark, gloo!y)
Disconcert (v. to unsettle, upset)
Re#ine (v. feel/e"press dejection/discontent)
&riendly
Gregarious (adj. sociable, outgoing)
'%%able (adj. good)natured & sociable)
Con(i(ial (adj. friendly, lively, ceerful, enjoyable
at!ospere)
&a"e/lie/cheating
"#urious (adj. false/fake)
"#ecious (adj. superficially plausible, but actually
wrong)
-a0ade (n. deceptive outward appearance)
'#ocry#hal (adj. of doubtful autenticity)
$endacity (n. untrutfulness)
Du#licity (n. deceitfulness)
Chicanery (n. trickery)
"ubter%uge (n. trickery)
Pre(aricate (v. deliberately avoid te trut,
!islead)
Per%idy (n. treacery), perfidious (adj.)
-allacy (n. an invalid/incorrect notion)
*n(eigle (v. obtain by deception/flattery)
"o#histry (n. use of fallacious argu!ent especially
to deceive); .opist (n. a person wo uses suc
argu!ent)
Poseur (n. insincere person)
'%%ectation (n. artificial beavior/speec/writing)
De%alcate (v. e!be((le, !isappropriate)
Renege (v. disonor/break a pro!ise/co!!it!ent),
/enegade (n.)
Disse!ble (v. conceal, ide, !islead)
Platitude (n. a superficial re!ark, esp. one offered
as !eaningful)
elie (v. !isrepresent, give a false i!pression)
'ruth/reality/honesty
Veracity (n. trutfulness)
Veritable (adj. autentic)
'uthenticate (v. prove or sow to be autentic)
Verisi!ilitude (n. appearance of trut/reality)
'(er (v. state or assert as a fact; to confir! or
support)
'sse(erate (v. assert, aver)
Probity (n. uprigtness, onesty)
'uthoritati(e (adj. reliable because true/accurate,
supported by autority)
+n%eigned (adj. genuine)
Secret
"tealth (n. cautious & secret action)
"urre#titious (adj. secretive)
'bscond (v. depart secretly, steal off & ide)
Pri(y (adj. saring te knowledge of a secret)
-urti(e (adj. secretive)
Cabal (n. secret political cli$ue/faction)
Di(ulge (v. disclose so!eting secret)
Tacit (adj. i!plied, not e"plicitly stated)
"ubtle (adj. not obvious)
!omple(/ )ysterious
Con(oluted (adj. e"tre!ely co!ple")
y1antine (adj. e"tre!ely co!ple")
"inuous (adj. winding/serpentine)
Tortuous (adj. winding, twisted, co!plicated)
Esoteric (adj. understood by very few people
aving speciali(ed knowledge)
'bstruse (adj. difficult to understand)
Obscure (adj. indistinct, uncertain, not easily
understood)
Enig!a (n. !ysterious/pu((ling person); enig!atic
(adj.)
Runic (adj. !ysterious, !agical)
Recondite (adj. obscure, difficult to understand)
'rcane (adj. !ysterious, esoteric)
Rebus (n. riddle)
*n(olute (adj. intricate, co!ple")
*nscrutable (adj. i!possible to understand;
pu((ling)
*rregular/ out of place
'no!aly (n. abnor!ality)
'berrant (adj. abnor!al), aberration (n.)
'nachronis! (n. so!eting or so!eone out of
place in ter!s of istorical or cronological
conte"t)
Eccentric (adj. unconventional and sligtly strange)
Eager/energetic/enthusiastic
'lacrity (n. eager & entusiastic willingness)
'rdor (n. entusias!)
Ebullient (adj. entusiastic); 1bullience (n.)
Dyna!o (n. energetic, forceful person)
E%%usi(e (adj. gusing, e"cessively de!onstrative)
Edacious (adj. voracious, devouring)
Voracious (adj. very eager for any activity or
pursuit)
-er(or (n. (eal, passion), fervent (adj.)
2ealot (n. a person aving (eal); 2ealous (adj.)
*nner(ate (v. energi(e, e!bolden)
E(amine/test
Plu!b (v. !easure te dept; critically e"a!ine)
'ssay (v. /n. test, analysis, e"a!ination; to test)
Probe (v. e"plore, e"a!ine, en$uire)
!areful/cautious
'ssiduous (adj. sowing great care &
torougness)
$eticulous (adj. very careful/precise)
Peruse (v. e"a!ine carefully)
Chary (adj. cautious)
3ary (adj. cautious)
Discretion (n. cautious reserve in speec; ability to
take responsible decisions)
Punctilious (adj. precise, attentive to trivial tings
esp. relating to eti$uette)
+ot moving
"tatic (adj. i!!obile)
4uiescent (adj. still/!otionless), $uiescence (n.)
*nert (adj. not !oving, sluggis)
Smell
Redolent (adj. strongly s!elling)
)oiso!e (adj. s!elling foul)
-etid (adj. s!elling unpleasantly)
-ragrant (adj. s!elling pleasantly/sweetly)
Piquant (adj. pungent)
Putre%y (v. rot, decay, give off foul odor)
Putrid (adj. foul s!elling)
ard wor"ing
'rduous (adj. strenuous, ta"ing)
"edulous (adj. ard working & diligent)
Diligent (adj. careful & conscientious at work)
Wea"/la,y/unenthusiastic/disinterested
Ener(ate (v. weaken)
"a# (v. weaken)
Da!#en (v. weaken)
Listless (adj. lacking energy/entusias!)
Lassitude (n. listlessness; weariness)
Languor (n. weariness; weakness for!
fatigue/illness); languid (adj.)
Ennui (n. dissatisfaction/restlessness resulting fro!
boredo!)
'#athy (n. lack of interest/entusias!)
Per%unctory (adj. cursory, done witout
care/interest)
Tor#id (adj. letargic, sluggis)
"u#ine (adj. laid back)
Phleg!atic (adj. Letargic, sluggis)
*ndi%%erent (adj. disinterested)
"o#ori%ic (adj. causing drowsiness, sleep)
*nsi#id (adj. lacking vigor)
Tenuous (adj. weak)
Pine (v. lose vigor. Languis)
'ttenuate (v. weaken, !ake tinner)
Uninteresting
*nsi#id (adj. uninteresting)
.ejune (adj. uninteresting)
Va#id (adj. not sti!ulating)
Power
'ggrandi1e (v. increase in power, intensity, &
prestige)
Puissance (n. power/strengt); puissant (adj.
powerful)
%earning/wisdom
Erudite (adj. very learned, scolarly)
Pedantic (adj. e"cessive concern wit detail or
display of tecnical knowledge)
Pers#icacious (adj. very perceptive), perspicacity
(n.)
'cu!en (n. accurate knowledge/insigt)
Discerning (adj. aving or sowing good judg!ent)
Pundit (n. an autority on a subject)
"agacious (adj. aving or sowing good judg!ent,
wise, perceptive)
Edi%ying (adj. enligtening)
Trenchant (adj. very perceptive, penetrating)
Pedagogy (n. art of training/teacing/instructing)
Unsophisticated/innocent/ine(perienced
'rtless (adj. natural, witout guile/artificiality)
*ngenuous adj. innocent, artless)
)a5(e (adj. unsopisticated, artless, innocent,
ine"perienced)
Tyro (n. beginner/novice)
)eo#hyte (n. beginner/novice)
Dilettante (n. one wit an a!ateuris or superficial
interest in arts or a branc of knowledge)
Puerile (adj. cildis, i!!ature)
Va#id (adj. i!!ature, puerile)
ucolic (adj. rustic & pastoral)
Philistine (n. uncultured)
oor (n. roug & bad te!pered)
"o#ho!oric (adj. self)assured but i!!ature)
Sophisticated
+rbane (adj. sopisticated, refined, elegant)
!reative
Exte!#oraneous (adj. i!provised, done witout
preparation)
-rdinary/unimaginative/dull
$undane (adj. worldly, ordinary, typical)
4uotidian (adj. daily, ordinary)
Pedestrian (adj. dull & boring, ordinary)
Prosaic (adj. dull, uni!aginative)
Hac6neyed (adj. co!!onplace due to e"cess
usage)
Trite (adj. unoriginal due to overuse)
"odden (adj. dull, uni!aginative)
#d.ustment
*nured (adj. accusto!ed to accepting so!eting
unpleasant)
'ccli!ati1e7accli!ate (v. beco!e used to a new
cli!ate/environ!ent)
Birth/ -rigin/ Being born
)ascent (adj. in early develop!ental stages,
co!ing into being)
)atal (adj. /elated to place or ti!e of one+s birt)
)eologis! (n. new word, e"pression, usage)
)o(el (adj. interestingly new/unusual)
Pro(enance (n. place of origin)
Engender (v. to produce, give rise to, cause)
*nci#ient (adj. beginning to co!e into being)
"e!inal (adj. constituting a source; originative)
Shapeless/unclear
)ebulous (adj. vague, cloudy)
*nchoate (adj. just begun & not fully for!ed)
'!or#hous (adj. sapeless)
Bold/&ormidable/determined
'udacious (adj. daring, fearless, recklessly bold),
audacity (n.)
*ntre#id (adj. fearless)
Redoubtable (adj. for!idable especially as an
opponent)
E%%rontery (n. e"tre!e boldness,
presu!ptuousness)
roach (v. raise a topic/subject esp. a sensitive one
for discussion)
Pluc6 (n. spirited & deter!ined courage)
Te!erity (n. e"cessive confidence or boldness)
Resolute (adj. deter!ined/ada!ant)
$ettleso!e (adj. courageous)
$ettle (n. strengt of spirit, courage, sta!ina)
#fraid/cowardly
Ti!orous (adj. 3earful, diffident, ti!id)
Di%%ident (adj. lacking self)confidence)
Recreant (adj./n. coward/cowardly)
Pusillani!ous (n. coward)
Cra(en
/uic"/*mpulsive/hasty
Ca#ricious (adj. inclined to cange one+s !ind
i!pulsively); caprice (n.)
3hi!sical (adj. acting according to one+s wi!s &
fancies)
*!#etuous (adj. acting/done $uickly/rasly)
Preci#itate (adj. acting/appening astily or
i!pulsively), precipitous (adj. dra!atic & sudden)
Desultory (adj. rando!, tougtless)
Celerity (adj. swiftness of !ovt)
!onfused/!onfusing/!hanging
Equi(ocate (v. use confusing/a!biguous language
wit a deceptive intent); 1$uivocal (adj.)
Obtuse (adj. not clear/precise in e"pression, lacking
sarpness of intellect)
3a(er (v. !ove to & fro, re!ain unsettled in
opinion)
Vacillate (v. waver indecisively)
Volatile (adj. cangeable)
$ercurial (adj. rapidly canging/unpredictable)
-ic6le (adj. cangeable)
3elter (v. toss about; be in tur!oil)
Labile (adj. unstable, prone to cange)
+ndulate (v. fluctuate or !ove like a wave)
Oscillation (n. act or state of swinging back & fort
wit a steady, uninterrupted ryt!)
*ncoherent (adj. confusing/inco!preensible)
Ob%uscate (v. to !ake confusing)
$eta!or#hose (v. transfor!)
Soothe/lessen/pacify/satisfy
'ssuage (v. ease/lessen; pacify/appease)
'!eliorate (v. !ake better & !ore tolerable)
'nodyne (n. /adj. sooting, so!eting tat
sootes/allays pain)
'ntidote (n. !edicine tat counters an unpleasant
feeling/pain/poison)
Pro#itiate (v. appease, conciliate)
Placate (v. appease/cal! troug concessions)
Palliate (v. !ake so!eting less serious)
Palliati(e (n. !edicine tat relieves pain witout
curing it)
Placebo (n. !edicine prescribed for te !ental
benefit rater tan pysical one)
Placid (adj. not easily upset, cal!)
*!#erturbable (adj. cal!)
Equani!ity (n. cali!ness)
Paci%is! (n. belief in peace)
"atiety (n. feeling or state of being satisfied); satiate
(v.)
"ate (v. satisfy)
"la6e (v. satisfy/$uenc)
$itigate (v. !ake less severe, serious or painful)
'bate (v. lessen in intensity or degree)
E!ollient (adj. sooting esp. to skin)
"uccor (n. relief in distress)
Molli%y (v. cal!/soote)
Halcyon (adj. cal! & peaceful)
$ilitate (v. !oderate, !ake/beco!e less
severe/intense)
)ostru! (n. palliative; cure)all)
+oise
Din (n. loud noise)
Caco#hony (n. ars, jarring discordant sound)
"tentorian (adj. very loud & powerful)
Obstre#erous (adj. noisy, loud)
oisterous (adj. loud, noisy)
!ritici,e/condemn/disapprove
'd!onish (warn, disapprove)
's#ersion (n. attack on so!eone+s caracter or
reputation)
Calu!ny (n. defa!ation); 4alu!niate (v.)
Castigation (n. severe criticis!/punis!ent);
4astigate (v.)
Caustic (adj. very sarcastic)
Censure (v. critici(e severely)
Decry (v. publicly denounce)
De!ur (v. $uestion/oppose)
Denigrate (v. blacken, belittle, sully, defa!e)
Denounce (v.), denunciation (n.)(&ublicly declare to
be wrong/evil)
Deprecate (v. disparage or belittle)
Deride (v. conde!n/ridicule); derisive (adj.);
0erision (n.)
Derogatory (adj. sowing a critical/disrespectful
attitude)
Detraction (n. slandering, verbal attack)
Disparage (v. scorn)
Excoriate (v. critici(e severely)
Fulminate (v. loudly attack, denounce)
Lambaste (v. censure, e"coriate)
Obloquy (n. sarp criticis!)
Pillory (v. to punis, to old up to public scorn)
Rebuke(critici(e/disapprove sarply)
Relegate (v. forcibly assign, esp. to a lower place)
Reprimand (disapprove)
Reprove (disapprove), reproof (n.)
Tirade (n. long angry speec of criticis!)
pbraid (v. scold, censure, rebuke, castise)
!ili"y (v. defa!e/caracteri(e arsly)
!ituperative (adj. bla!e or insult in strong
language)
#nveig$ (v. attack verbally, denounce)
Ridicule
%atire (n. a literary work tat ridicules/critici(es
so!eone troug u!or, irony, e"aggeration)
Travesty (n. !ockery)
Parody (n. i!itation of so!eone+s style for co!ic
effect, !ockery)
Re.ect/disprove
Repudiate (v. disown, refuse to ave anyting to do
wit)
&b'ure (v. reject/avoid/renounce)
Re"ute (v. disprove, successfully argue against)
#mpugn (v. dispute te trut/validity/onesty of)
umour
Risible (adj. causing laugter)
(ag (n. person of fond of !aking jokes)
Facetious (adj. playful, u!orous)
Regale (v. entertain/deligt)
)ac$innate (v. laug loudly)
)ove/wander
Peripatetic (adj. traveling, no!adic)
Peregrination (n. wandering, traveling about)
&mbulatory (adj. !obile, related to walking)
(end (v. walk, go, proceed)
(a"t (v. to cause to !ove as if by aligt bree(e)
Shiny/attractive
Luminous (adj. brigt)
Re"ulgent (adj. radiant, siny)
Resplendent (adj. attractive and i!pressive)
Personable (adj. pleasing/attractive)
*urnis$ (v. polis, to rub to sine)
Permanent
Perennial (adj. appening trougout te year/
repeatedly)
Eternal (adj. unending ti!e)
#mmutable (adj. uncanging)
Short0lived
Transient (adj. sort lived)
Ep$emeral (adj. sort lived)
%poradic (adj. occurring occasionally)
Evanescent (adj. $uickly fading fro! sigt or
!e!ory or e"istence)
E(cess
%ur"eit (n. an e"cess)
+yperbole (n. an e"aggerated state!ent)
)loying (adj. sickeningly e"cessive sweetness,
e!otion, ricness)
%ac"
Paucity (n. a lacking of )
Deart$ (. a lacking of )
Best/e(cellent
#mpeccable
Paragon
Paradigm (n. a !odel, e"e!plar)
Exemplary
#nimitable (adj. one of a kind; peerless)
!onflict/disagreement/difference
&crimony (n. bitterness/ill)feeling)
*ellicose (adj. aggressive & ready to figt)
*elligerent (adj. ostile & aggressive)
)ontentious (adj. argu!entative, $uarrelso!e,
causing disagree!ent/ controversy)
Discordant (adj. conflicting, disar!onious or as
sound)
Disparate (adj. funda!entally dissi!ilar)
Dissonant (adj. disar!onious)
Fracas (n. noisy disturbance or $uarrel)
Martial (adj. related to war or ar!ed forces)
Polemical (adj. controversial, argu!entative)
&ugnacious (adj. eager or $uick to figt)
,uerulous (adj. prone to co!plaining/gru!bling,
$uarrelso!e)
Rancorous (adj. caracteri(ed by bitter long
standing resent!ent)
Truculent (adj. fierce & cruel; eager to figt)
&ntit$etical (adj. dia!etrically opposed); antitesis
(n.)
Militate (v. argue against)
#ngry
#rascible (adj. easily angered/irritated)
#n"uriate (v. !ake angry)
Petulant (adj. i!patient, irritable)
mbrage (n. offense, resent!ent)
Fractious (adj. easily irritated)
#mplacable (adj. relentless, unable to be appeased)
)urmudgeon (n. ill)te!pered)
!exation (n. annoyance, irritation)
Pique (n. resent!ent; v. annoy/irritate)
&sperity (n. irritability)
Stubborn/rule0brea"er
#ntransigent (adj. refusing to co!pro!ise)
Obdurate (adj. stubbornly refusing to cange one+s
opinion)
#ntractable (adj. ard to control or deal wit)
Obstinate (adj. stubborn)
)ontumacious (adj. rebellious)
Flout (v. conde!n or break rule, law or convention)
#conoclast (n. one wo attacks/under!ines
traditional conventions)
Recalcitrant (adj. defiant, difficult to !anage)
Re"ractory (adj. stubborn/un!anageable)
Remonstrate (v. protest/object)
urdle/obstacle
Filibuster (n. intentional obstruction especially
using prolonged speec to delay legislative action)
+eckle (v. interrupt a public speaker wit derisive
co!!ents/abuse)
Onerous (adj. burdenso!e/troubleso!e)
%tymie (v. block)
%tanc$ (v. stop te flow of a fluid)
T$-art (v. prevent for! succeeding)
%tint (v. restrain)
Foil (v. prevent te success of)
#mpediment (n. urdle, obstruction)
Occlude (v. block)
Parry (v. block/evade/ward off)
#nterdict (v. proibit, forbid, ban, alt)
E(pert/s"illed
)onnoisseur (n. e"pert in !atters of taste)
.ourmand/gourmet (n. e"pert of good food)
&est$etic (adj. dealing wit/appreciative
of/responsive to art or te beautiful)
5droit (skilled)
De"t (skilled)
Dexterous (skilled)
&dept (skilled)
Emotion
%toic (adj. steadfast/ une!otional)
%tolid (adj. cal!, sowing little e!otion)
P$legmatic (adj. stoic)
Maudlin (adj. tearfully senti!ental)
Poignant (adj. toucing, e!otional)
#mpassive (revealing no e!otion)
Biased/narrow0minded/un.ust
Tendentious (adj. biased)
Partisan (adj. biased)
Paroc$ial (adj. aving a narrow outlook)
#nsular (parocial, narrow)!inded)
&air/.ust
#ndi""erent (adj. unprejudiced)
Equity (n. fairness, i!partiality)
umble
%uppliant (adj. asking u!bly)
%upplicant (n. beggar)
Mendicant (n. beggar belonging to a religious
order)
Easy to %ead
Docile (adj. sub!issive, obedient, easy to lead)
Pliable (adj. easily bent or influenced, fle"ible)
&menable (adj. responsive/receptive to suggestion)
Malleable (adj. capable of being
saped/for!ed/led)
Tractable (adj. easy to control/influence)
)omplaisance (n. willingness to co!ply wit
oters+ wises)
*llegal
Pirate (v. illegally reproduce/produce)
Plagiari0e (v. illegally copy fro! so!eone+s work)
&lattery
Fa-n (v. flatter)
Obsequious (adj. sowing fawning attentiveness)
%ycop$ant (n. servile flatterer)
Toady (n. flatterer)
*landis$ (v. toady, fawn)
($eedle (v. flatter in order to persuade one to do
so!eting)
Persuade
)a'ole (v. persuade)
)oax (v. persuade)
%u(ury/indulgence
%ybarite (n. self)indulgently fond of lu"ury)
+edonist (n. person pursuing pleasure)
Epicure (n. person enjoying good food & drink)
Libertine (n. person wo freely indulges in se"ual
pleasures)
Self denial
&scetic (n. one wo practices rigid self)denial, esp.
as an act of religious devotion)
&ustere (adj. severe or strict in !anner/appearance;
lacking co!forts & lu"uries)
+ermit (n. reclusive or solitary person)
Reclusive/recluse (adj. solitary person)
1nowing or happening beforehand
Prop$etic (adj. accurately predicting about future)
Prescience (n. prior knowledge of events)
Precipitate (v. to cause to appen before being
anticipated)
Precursor (n. one tat precedes &
indicates/announces anoter)
Provident (adj. looking to te future)
&ortune/luc"
Fortuitous (adj. appening by fortunate
accident/cance)
Providence (n. protective care of #od or nature)
#n"elicitous (adj. unfortunate)
&uspicious (adj. propitious, prosperous, favourable)
%ate/delayed
Dilatory (adj. causing delay)
2ariety
Eclectic (adj. co!posed of ele!ent s drawn fro!
different sources)
!ariegated (adj. e"ibiting different colours esp. as
irregular patces)
%undry (adj. various, !iscellaneous)
Multi"arious (adj. %aried)
Motley (adj. %aried)
$oubt/hesitation
,ualms (n. reservations/esitancy)
Dubious (adj. doubtful)
%keptic (n. person wo doubts /$uestions accepted
opinions)
)ynic (n. person wo regards oters as selfis);
cynicis! (n.); cynical (adj.)
Regret
Contrite (adj. regretful)
Penitent (adj. regretful)
Rue (v. regret)
$irty
"ordid (adj. filty)
"qualid (adj. dirty)
Turbid (adj. roiled, !uddy)
Productive
*urgeon (v. grow rapidly/flouris)
Proli"ic (adj. productive)
Prodigious (adj. abundant in si(e, force or e"tent;
e"traordinary)
Proli"erate (v. grow abundantly/swiftly)
Pro"use (adj. given or co!ing fort abundantly))
Showy/decorate
Ostentatious (adj. caracteri(ed by pretentiousness)
Ta-dry (adj. 4eap, sowy, gaudy, tacky,
!eretricious)
Ra""is$ (adj. flasy/sowy)
*edi0en (v. adorn in a ceap, sowy !anner)
)aparison (v. adorn)
*llusory/impractical
)$imera (n. illusion), 4i!erical (adj.)
,uixotic (adj. foolisly i!practical, idealistic)
topian ,idealistic (adj.); idealistic refor!er (n.)-
Everywhere
biquitous (adj. present everywere, widespread)
Pervasive (adj. tending to spread everywere);
&ervade (v.)
Plet$ora (n. overabundance)
Swollen
Turgid (adj. 'ick/swollen)
Tumid (adj. 'ick/swollen)
Distention (n. te state or act of e"tending or being
swollen out of sape)
*ilge (n. bulge, protuberance of a cask)
)i(ture
&malgamate (v. !i" several ele!ents into one)
%ynt$esis (n. te co!bination of parts to !ake a
wole)
&lloy (v. !i")
3oin
)ontiguous (adj. adjoining, adjacent)
%older (v. fuse/join/join)
1exus (n. a connection/link/tie)
ighest/lowest point
1adir (n. lowest point)
Perigee (n. lowest point)
&pogee (n. igest point, cul!ination)
2enit$ (n. igest point)
$ivert/digress
Digress (v. stray fro! te !ain point)
Maunder (v. digress)
Meander (v. digress)
.tray (v. digress)
'ransparent
Pellucid (adj. transparent, li!pid)
Li!#id (adj. clear)
)isc4
&brogate (v. abolis; put down)
&bscission (n. te act of cutting/re!oving)
&carpous (adj. worn out, ineffective, infertile)
&ccretion (n. growt, increase by addition, building
up)
&cerbic (adj. aving a sour/bitter taste or caracter)
&sperity (n. severity, arsness, bitterness)
&dumbrate (indicate, suggest sketcily, obscure)
&lc$emy (n. a !edieval science ai!ed at te
trans!utation of !etals into gold)
&pprise (v. infor!, to give notice to)
&rabesque (n. co!ple", ornate design; a dance
position)
&rc$aic (adj. outdated)
&stringent (adj. aving a tigtening effect on living
tissue; ars or severe)
&xiom (n. a universally recogni(ed principle)
)atalyst (n. person/ ting tat causes cange)
)austic (adj. burning or stinging; causing
corrosion)
)ogent (adj. convincing, logical)
)onvention (n. generally agreed)upon practice or
attitude)
Decorum (n. polite conduct/beavior)
Desiccate (v. !ake dry/dull)
Desuetude (n. disuse)
Diap$anous (adj. transparent)
Dissolution (n. disintegration)
Distrait (adj. distracted esp. due to an"iety)
Doggerel (n. trivial poorly constructed verse)
Dulcet (adj. !elodious, ar!onious)
Egress (n. e"it)
Empirical (adj. based on observation or e"peri!ent)
Endemic (adj. restricted to one area, indigenous)
Episodic (adj. loosely connected, not flowing
logically)
Epit$et (n. adjective or descriptive prase
e"pressing a $uality of a person or a ting)
Epitome (n. e!bodi!ent, best e"a!ple of
so!eting)
Exigent (adj. urgent/pressing)
.lib (adj. infor!al; superficial)
#dolatrous (e"cessively devoted to so!eting)
#mminent (adj. about to appen)
#mpunity (n. e"e!ption fro! punis!ent/penalty)
#n"elicitous (adj. inappropriate)
Maverick (n. independent)!inded individual)
Plummet (v. plunge or drop straigt down)
Pragmatic (adj. practical)
Precarious (adj. risky, dangerous)
Preen (v. dress up or groo! oneself wit care)
Propinquity (n. nearness in ti!e./place; affinity of
nature)
Proscribe (v. outlaw/banis/ ostraci(e)
Putre"y (v. rot, decay)
,ua"" (v, drink deeply)
Ra""is$ (adj. low/base/vulgar)
Rami"y (v. to be divided/subdivided; branc out)
Rare"y (v. !ake tin, less dense)
Rebus (n. representation of words by
pictures/sy!bols)
Recidivism (n. relapse into antisocial/cri!inal
beavior)
Reconnaissance (n. preli!inary survey to gain
infor!ation); reconnoiter (v. engage in
reconnaissance)
Recumbent (adj. leaning/resting)
Redolent (adj. suggestive/evocative)
Rescind (v. invalidate, repeal, retract)
Rubric (n. eading/title/category)
%alacious (adj. 6bscene)
%alient (adj. &ro!inent, conspicuous)
%anction (n. penalty to enforce co!pliance)
%anguine (adj. 4onfident, opti!istic)
%eine (n. a large net dragged to catc fis)
%$ard (n. piece of broken pottery/glass)
%idereal (adj. relating to stars/constellations)
%imper (v. s!irk; n. silly s!ile)
%inecure (n. position re$uiring little or no work &
usually providing an inco!e)
%odden (adj. soaked/drenced)
%olvent (adj. able to dissolve anoter substance;
financially sound)
%parse (adj. tin, not dense)
%triated (adj. .triped, grooved, banded)
%tupe"y (v. stun, baffle)
%ubpoena (n. a court order re$uiring appearance
&/or testi!ony)
%upersede (v. v. take te place of)
%upplant (v. take te place of; supersede)
Tactile (v. related to touc)
Tamp (v. to plug; drive in or down by series of
blows)
Tautology (n. repetition, redundancy)
Tenacity (n. persistence); tenacious (adj.)
Tenuous (adj. lacking substance, fli!sy)
Torque (n. a force tat causes rotation)
Torrid (adj. &assionate, ardent, scorcing)
ntenable (adj. unviable, indefensible)
sury (practice of carging e"orbitant/illegal
interest)
!igilant (adj. alert, watcful)
!iscous (adj. sticky, tick)
!olatile (adj. e"plosive)
Petrous (adj. ard/stony)
Picaresque (adj. involving clever
rogues/adventurers)
Pique (v. provoke/e"cite/arouse); &i$uant (adj.
sti!ulating/e"citing)
Plangent (adj. tundering/pounding/resounding)
Ostensible (adj. see!ing, apparent)
Ossi"ied (adj. rigid, conventional, sterile,
reactionary)
Panacea (n. cure)all re!edy)
1onplused (adj. baffled)
1atty (adj. s!art; neat & tidy)
Militate (v. to bear on; ave a weigt on)
Malinger (v. pretend to be ill to avoid work)
Peccadillo (n. !inor offence/sin)
Macerate (v. soften or waste/ wear away by
e"cessive fasting/sleeping)
Li!n (v. draw; outline; describe; delineate)
3ibe (v. agree, be in accord)
&ttenuate (v. rarefy)
)adge (v. sponge, !ooc)
&ugury (n. o!en, portent)