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- PROBITY
- (n) adherence to highest principles; complete ad confirmed integrity; uprightness
- SPARSE
- (adj) thin; not dense; arranged at widely spaced intervals
- PROFLIGATE
- (adj) excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagant
- DECORUM
- (n) polite or appropriate conduct or behavior
- UNFEIGNED
- (adj) genuine; not false of hypocritical
- IMPETUTOUS
- (adj) hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement
- IMMUTABLE
- (adj) not capable of change
- VARIEGATED
- (adj) multicolored
- LACONIC
- (adj) using few words; terse
- VACILLATE
- (v) to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another
- HUBRIS
- (n) overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance
- SOPORIFIC
- (adj) causing drowsiness; tending to induce sleep
- VOLATILE
- (adj) readily changing to vapor; changeable; fickle; explosive
- ALCHEMY
- (n) a medieval science aimed at the transmutation of metals into gold
- PROSAIC
- (adj) dull; lacking in spirit or imagination
- PERVADE
- (v) to permeate thoughout
- RAREFY
- (v) to make or become thin, less dense; to refine
- INTREPID
- (adj) steadfast and courageous
- CONVENTION
- (n) generally agreed-upon practice or attitude
- PROPENSITY
- (n) a natural inclination or tendency; penchant
- FLOUT
- (v) to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention
- DESICCATE
- (v) to dry out or dehydrate; to make dry or dull
- PRISTINE
- (adj) pure; uncorrupted; clean
- OSTENTATIOUS
- (adj) characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy
- VIGILANT
- (adj) alertly watchful
- REFULGENT
- (adj) radiant; shiny; brilliant
- RECONDITE
- (adj) hidden, concealed; difficult to understand; obscure
- TRENCHANT
- (adj) sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating
- FAWN
- (v) to flatter or praise excessively
- SPENDTHRIFT
- (n) one who spends money wastefully
- DISPARAGE
- (v) to slight or belittle
- RENEGE
- (v) to fail to honor a commitment; to go back on a promise
- MERCURIAL
- (adj) characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood
- INTRACTABLE
- (adj) not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate
- SHARD
- (n) a piece of broken pottery or glass
- CREDULOUS
- (adj) tending to believe too readily; gullible (nou form: credulity)
- VITUPERATE
- (v) to use harsh, condemnatory language; to abuse or censure severely; to berate
- PRAGMATIC
- (adj) practical rather than idealistic
- ACERBIC
- (adj) having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting
- TACIT
- (adj) implied; not explicitly stated
- ASTRINGENT
- (adj) having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe
- UNTENABLE
- (adj) indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable
- PHLEGMATIC
- (adj) calm; sluggish; unemotional
- PROCLIVITY
- (n) a natural predisposition or inclination
- GLIB
- (adj) marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial
- QUIXOTIC
- (adj) foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romatic ideals
- ANACHRONISM
- (n) something or someone out of place in terms of historical or chronological context
- TOUT
- (v) to publicly praise or promote
- INDIFFERENT
- (adj) having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice
- CYNICISM
- (n) an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness
- CONTIGUOUS
- (adj) sharing a border; touching; adjacent
- DERISION
- (n) scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment
- QUOTIDIAN
- (adj) occuring or recurring daily; commonplace
- MAVERICK
- (n) an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party
- GARRULOUS
- (adj) pointlessly talkative, talking too much
- VEXATION
- (n) annoyance; irritation
- TERSE
- (adj) brief and concise in wording
- IMMINENT
- (adj) about to happen; impending
- OBFUSCATE
- (v) to deliberately obscure; to make confusing
- MOLLIFY
- (v) to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity
- OBSTINATE
- (adj) stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising
- AGGRANDIZE
- (v) to increase in intensity, power, influence or prestige
- AMENABLE
- (adj) agreeable; responsive to suggestion
- PRESUMPTUOUS
- (adj) overstepping due bounds; taking liberties
- NEOPHYTE
- (n) a recent convert; a beginner; novice
- DILETTANTE
- (n) one with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or a branch of knowledge
- PUNGENT
- (adj) characterized by a strong, sharp smell or taste
- DIVULGE
- (v) to disclose something secret
- SEDULOUS
- (adj) diligent; persistent; hardworking
- SUBTLE
- (adj) not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern
- INIMICAL
- (adj) damaging; harmful; impending
- PLETHORA
- (n) an overabundance; a surplus