RRSAT
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- allude
- to hint at
- cynical
- pessimistic
- exasperate
- aggravate
- vapid
- Lacking liveliness, animation, or interest; dull
- sanguine
- hopeful, optimistic
- reprehensible
- blameworthy
- prosaic
- ordinary
- contentious
- to fight, to deal with difficulty
- insolvent
- unable to pay
- auspicious
- promising
- enigmatic
- puzzling
- transient
- Passing with time; transitory
- explicate
- clarify
- diffident
- shy
- vindicate
- prove somebody right
- capricious
- unpredictable
- banal
- ordinary
- patronize
- to treat rudely
- anachronistic
- pertaining to anachronism
- obstinate
- keeping stubbornly to a particular opinion or course of action
- supplant
- to replace as better
- adulation
- Excessive flattery or admiration
- exorbitant
- excessive
- felicitous
- well chosen
- vicarious
- living thru the experience of another, secondhand
- immutable
- unchanging
- deleterious
- having a harmful effect
- pretentious
- boastful
- dismissive
- rejecting another's thoughts
- innocuous
- harmless
- parochial
- narrow in outlook; provincial
- deferential
- respectable
- partisan
- supporting one side in a dispute
- evanescent
- fleeting, lasting for a short while
- vignette
- a short description of the typical features of something
- ardent
- extremely eager
- solicitous
- eager to help
- rancor
- bitter
- idiosyncratic
- an individualistic way of doing something
- condone
- To overlook, forgive, or disregard (an offense) without protest or censure
- eclectic
- selecting the best
- languid
- Lacking energy or vitality; weak
- mitigate
- to make less severe
- genial
- friendly
- incredulous
- unbelieving
- conspicuous
- apparent
- complacent
- overly pleased
- spurious
- fake
- salutary
- beneficial
- equivocal
- intentionally unclear or ambiguous
- condescend
- to talk down to
- belie
- to contradict
- exacerbate
- to worsen
- pedantic
- overly academic about minor matters
- tenuous
- thin, insubstantial
- incisive
- shame
- dogmatic
- habitually stating one's opinions in a forceful or arrogant manner
- momentous
- crucial
- ephemeral
- short-lived
- transitory
- brief
- inundate
- to flood; overwhelm
- pervasive
- widespread
- scrupulous
- taking great care to do what is fair, honest, or morally right
- repudiate
- to reject a person or an idea completely
- equanimity
- emotionally stable
- apprehensive
- uneasy that something might happen; quick to understand
- circumspect
- careful, cautious
- satirize
- to attack;criticize
- caustic
- severely critical
- indignant
- tolerant
- resolute
- determined to succeed
- ingenuous
- Lacking in cunning, guile, or worldliness; artless.
- dubious
- doubtful
- impetuous
- rash, impulsive
- reverent
- deeply respectful
- exonerate
- to free from blame, vindicate
- trite
- lacking power to evoke interest through overuse or repetition; hackneyed
- disdain
- to despise
- deride
- to mock
- amenable
- cooperative,willing
- corroborate
- To strengthen or support with other evidence; make more certain.
- clandestine
- hidden
- tractable
- easily managed or controlled
- disparity
- inequality
- autonomy
- the right or state of self-government
- intrepid
- courageous
- heresy
- an opinion contrary to the principles of a religion
- gregarious
- sociable
- evoke
- to call or produce
- officious
- offering unwanted advice or services
- venerate
- to revere
- peremptory
- bossy
- preclude
- to prevent
- cursory
- going rapidly over something
- conscientious
- careful, diligent
- assiduous
- hard working
- polemical
- arguing a position
- surreptitious
- done in secret or without permission