shortsightedness; a failure to provide for future needs or events: "I weep bitter tears for my unpardonable xxx"; "the childlike xxx of this age and people."
Inchoate
In an initial or early stage; incomplete; disorganized
Ingenuous
unsophisticated; artless; straightforward; candid
Insipid
lacking zest or excitement; dull
Intransigent
Stubborn; immovable; unwilling to change
laconic
using few words; terse
noisome
Offensive to the point of arousing disgust, harmful: "a xxx odor.""xxx fumes."
aberrant
deviating from the norm; not following the normal or correct way; deviating from the usual or natural type; atypical; abnormal or deviant
abscond
to depart clandestinely; to steal away and hide; go away suddenly and secretly esp. in order to avoid arrest; to depart secretly and hide oneself; to go away suddenly ( to avoid arrest)
adulterate
to reduce purity by combining with inferior ingredients; make poorer in quality by adding another substance; to corrupt, debase, or mak impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element stickler
amenable
agreeable; responsive to suggestion; readily managed; willing to be led; (of people) willing to be influenced or controlled (by something)
approbation
an expression of approval or praise; approval; consent; commendation, praise
arduous
strenuous, taxing, requiring significant effort; needing much effort or energy; laborious; hard to accomplish or achieve; difficult; steep, difficult ascent; laborious
chicanery
deception by trickery
bombastic
pompous, gradiloquent; pompous and empty
bucolic
rustic and pastoral; characteristic of rural areas and their inhabitants; of country life or the countryside; rustic
an established set of principles or code of laws, often religious in nature; a regulation or dogma decreed by a church council
canonical
following or in agreement with orthodox requirements; appearing in a biblical canon; of or relating to or required by canon law
castigation
severe criticism or punishment
censure
to criticize severely; to officially rebuke; to find fault with and criticize as blameworthy
chary
wary; cautious; careful; wary shy; timid
cogent
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason; convincing; convincing; strong
contentious
argumentative, quarrelsome, causing controversy, or disagreement; strife; quarrelsome
contrite
Feeling regret and sorrow for one's sins or offenses: (>zerknirscht<):"a xxx heart"
culpable
deserving blame
demur
to question or oppose
discordant
conflicting, dissonant; nor in agreement: "views discordant with present-day ideas";"seemingly discordant facts"
disparage
to slight or belittle; suggest; to depreciate by an indirect means; speak slightingly about
disparate
fundamentally distinct or dissimilar: "such xxx attractions as grand opera and game fishing"; "xxx ideas"
dissemble
to disguise or conceal to mislead; hide or disguise ("I xxx my hatred of the Fox")
divulge
to disclose something secret; to make known (as a confidence or secret)
dogmatic
Characterized by an authoritative, arrogant assertion of unproved or unprovable principles.("xxx writings" "I protest strongly against the entirely dogmatic assertion")
ebullience
the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings; high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance
effrontery
extreme boldness; presumptuousness; rudeness without shame; impertinence; impudence; arrogance
enervate
to weaken; to reduce in vitality; cause to lose strength or energy
enigmatic
mysterious; obscure; difficult to understand; of relating to, or resembling an enigma; mysterious
ennui
dissatisfaction and restlessness resulting from boredom or apathy; a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom
equivocate
speak in an ambiguous way to hide the truth or mislead people
evanescent
tending to disappear like vapor; vanishing; quickly fading; soon disappearing from memory; tending to vanish like vapor
exculpate
exonerate; to clear of blame; to clear from alleged fault or gulit; free somebody from blame
exigent
urgent, pressing, requiring immediate action or attention
extemporaneous
improvised; done without preparation; spoken or done without preparation; extempore
facetious
playful; humorous; intended to be amusing, often inappropriately; joking or jesting often inappropriately; waggish
fallacy
an invalid or incorrect notion; a mistaken belief
filibuster
intentional obstruction, especially using prolonged speech making to delay legislative action
flout
to demonstrate contempt for, as in a rule or convention; to treat with disdain, scorn, or contempt; scoff at; mock
fortuitous
happening by fortunate accident or chance; happening by chance or coincidence
fulminate
to loudly attach or denounce; protest strongly and loudly; to send forth censures or invectives
glib
marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial; ready and smooth but not sincere; marked by ease and fluency in speaking or writing often to the point of being insincere or deceitful
grandiloquence
pompous speech or expression
halcyon
peaceful; Prosperous;"a xxx atmosphere""the xxx days of the clipper trade"
harangue
to deliver a pompous speech or tirade; to address in a ranting way
heretical
violating accepted dogma or convention; unorthodox
iconoclast
one who attacks or undermines traditional conventions or institutions
idolatrous
given to intense or excessive devotion to something; worshiping idols
imperturbable
marked by extreme calm, impassivity and steadiness; not easily troubled or worried; calm; marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness; serene
impetuous
hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement; acting or done quickly and with little thought or care; rash or impulsive
impunity
immunity from punishment or penalty; with impunity with freedom from punishment or injury
incipient
beginning to come into being or to become apparent; in its early stages; beginning to happen
infelicitous
unfortunate; inappropriate; not appropriate in application or expression
inimical
damaging; harmful; malevolent
intractable
not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate; uruly; refractory; stubborn
inured
accustomed to accepting something undesirable; adapted
inveigle
To win over by coaxing, flattery, or artful talk: "xxx a free pass to museum.","We will xxx ladies fair, and wed them in our secret cavern."
irascible
easily angered; prone to temperamental outbursts; marked by hot temper and easily provoked by anger
maverick
an independent individual who does not go along with a group o party; unbranded calf; unorthodox person; rebel; nonconformist
mendacity
the condition of being untruthful; disnhonesty
mollify
to calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity; lessen the anger of somebody; make calmer; soothe
neophyte
a recenet convert; a beginner; novice
obdurate
unyielding; hardhearted; intractable; impossible to change; stubborn; resistant to persuasion or softening influences
obfuscate
to deliberately obscure; to make confusing; to make obscure or unclear; deliberately make something confused or difficult to understand
obtuse
lacking sharpness of intellect; not clear or precise in thought or expression; slow to understand; stupid
obviate
to anticipate and make unnecessary; remove something; get rid of; to anticipate and prevent (as a situation) or make unnecessary (as an action)
occlude
to obstruct or block; to close up or block off; obstruct
onerous
troubling; burdensome; needing effort; burdensome
opprobrium
disgrace, contempt; scorn
ostentatious
characterized by or given to pretentiousness; characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others
penurious
penny pinching; excessively thrifty; ungenerous; very poor; stingy
penury
poverty; destitution; extreme poverty
perfidy
intentional breach of faith; treachy; the quality or state of being faithless or disloyal; treachery; breaking of faith
misgiving; reservation; causign of hestiancy; temporary feeling of sickness
querulous
prone to complaining or grumbling; quarrelsome
quiescence
the state or quality of being in repose or at rest“the volcano erupted after centuries of xxx”“leaned her head against the wall in fatigued xxx”
quixotic
foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals; noble, unselfish or gallant in an extravagant or impractical way; generous
rancorous
characterized by bitter, long lasting resentment; bitterness; spitefulness
recalcitrant
obstinately defiant of authority; difficult to manage; resisting authoring or discipline; disobedient
recast
to cast again or anew; to form, fashion, or arrange again, cast or fashion anew; put something into a new form
receptive
able or quick to receive new ideas, suggestions, etc.
recidivism
a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior; especially: relapse into criminal behavior; relapse into antisocial or criminal behavior
waver
to hesitate or to tremble
wretched
extremely pitiful or unfortunate
aberrant
deviating from normal or correct.
abscond
to leave secretly and hide, often to avoid the law.
advocate
to speak, plead, or argue for a cause, or in another’s behalf.
aggrandize
to make greater, to increase, thus, to exaggerate.
amalgamate
to unite or mix.
ambiguous
vague; subject to more than one interpretation
ambrosial
extremely pleasing to the senses, divine (as related to the gods) or delicious
anachronism
a person or artifact appearing after its own time or out of chronological order
attenuate
weaken
aver
declare
barefaced
unconcealed, shameless, or brazen
blandishment
speech or action intended to coax someone into doing something
bombast
pompous speech
breach
a lapse, gap or break, as in a fortress wall. To break or break through.
burgeon
to grow or flourish; a bud or new growth
buttress
to support. a support
cadge
to get something by taking advantage of someone ("schnorren"): "xxx money for liquor"
complaisant
willingly compliant or accepting of the status quo
conflagration
a great fire
corporeal
of or having to do with material, as opposed to spiritual; tangible.
corporal
of the body: a non-commissioned officer ranked between a sergeant and a private.
craven
cowardly; a coward
culpable
deserving of blame
deference
submission or courteous yielding:
deprecation
belittlement:"He xxx her contribution"
depredation
plundering; destructive action:"the normal xxxs of time"
descry
to discover by looking carefully:"I xxx a message of hope in her words"
desiccate
to dry out thoroughly
diffident
lacking self-confidence, modest
disabuse
to free a person from falsehood or error:
disparaging
belittling
dispassionate
calm; objective; unbiasedb
dissemble
to conceal one's real motive, to feign
dogged
stubborn or determined:
dogmatic
relying upon doctrine or dogma, as opposed to evidence
efficacy
effectiveness; capability to produce a desired effect
effluent
the quality of flowing out. something that flows out, such as a stream from a river
emollient
softening; something that softens
emulate
to strive to equal or excel
encomium
a formal eulogy or speech of praise
endemic
prevalent in or native to a certain region, locality, or people:
enervate
to weaken or destroy the strength or vitality of:
ephemeral
lasting for only a brief time, fleeting
equivocal
ambiguous; unclear; subject to more than one interpretation -- often intentionally so:
eulogy
a spoken or written tribute to the deceased
exacerbate
to increase the bitterness or violence of; to aggravate:
exculpate
to demonstrate or prove to be blameless:
explicit
fully and clearly expressed
extant
in existence, still existing: The only extant representative of that species."
fawn
to seek favor or attention; to act subserviantly
fervid
fervent highly emotional; hot:
floundering
struggling:
gossamer
fine cobweb on foliage; fine gauzy fabric; very fine:
guile
skillful deceit: (v. bequile; adj: beguiling. Note, however, that these two words have an additional meaning: to charm (v.) or charming (adj:), while the word guile does not generally have any such positive connotations)
guileless
honest; straightforward
hapless
unfortunate
headlong
headfirst; impulsive; hasty. impulsively; hastily; without forethought:
iconoclast
one who attacks traditional ideas or institutions or one who destroys sacred images
impecunious
penniless; poor
imperious
commanding
improvidence
an absence of foresight; a failure to provide for future needs or events:
inchoate
in an initial or early stage; incomplete; disorganized:
indelible
permanent; unerasable; strong:
ineffable
undescribable; inexpressible in words; unspeakable
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