| Question |
Answer |
| quiescent |
quiet; still; inactive |
| reticent |
not talking much; reserved |
| laconic |
using few words in speech |
| garrulous |
talkative; loquacious |
| loquacious |
very talkative; liking to talk; garrulous |
| voluble |
talking a great deal with ease; glib |
| complacent |
self-satisfied; smug |
| contemptuous |
lacking respect; scornful |
| insolent |
boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; rude |
| supercilious |
looking down on others; proud and scornful |
| narcissist |
having to do with extreme self-adoration; person who feels superior to everyone |
| banal |
dull or stale because of overuse; trite; hackneyed |
| hackneyed |
made commonplace by overuse; trite |
| insipid |
lacking flavor or taste; unexciting |
| platitude |
quality of being dull; an obvious remark uttered as if it were original |
| prosaic |
dull; commonplace |
| vapid |
lacking freshness and zest; flat; stale |
| ameliorate |
to make better; to lessen pain, difficulty, or tension |
| conciliate |
to win a person over through special considerations or persuasive methods |
| mollify |
to pacify, soothe, or appease; to make less severe or violent |
| convivial |
sociable, outgoing in a festive way, especially when pertaining to eating and drinking; fond of good company |
| gregarious |
sociable, outgoing |
| bellicose |
of a quarrelsome nature; eager to fight; warlike; belligerent |
| cantankerous |
bad-tempered; quarrelsome |
| captious |
made for the sake of quarreling; quibbling |
| polemical |
inclined to argue or debate; controversial |
| largess |
generous giving |
| munificent |
very generous |
| prodigal |
wasteful; lavish |
| mercenary |
greedy for self-gain; thinking only of money-making |
| parsimonious |
overly thrifty or miserly |
| penurious |
stingy; relating to great poverty, destitution |
| conflagration |
a huge fire, an inferno |
| precarious |
dangerous or risky; uncertain |
| deleterious |
harmful to one’s health or overall welfare; pernicious |
| iniquitous |
showing a lack of fairness; wicked; vicious |
| nefarious |
very mean and wicked |
| rancorous |
deeply hateful or spiteful; malicious |
| castigate |
to scold or punish severely |
| impugn |
to oppose or attack someone or something as false or refutable |
| upbraid |
to chide; to scold bitterly |
| aloof |
uninterested; showing no concern; emotionally removed or distant |
| impassive |
lacking emotion or drive |
| phlegmatic |
hard to get excited or emotional; calm |
| stoical |
lacking emotion or not showing any emotion |
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