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GRE - Adjective
Card list for GRE test (Adjective)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Aberrant | markedly different from an accepted norm |
| Aboveboard | without concealment or deception |
| Abstruse | difficult to understand |
| Abysmal | extremely bad ; very great |
| Acerbic | harsh in tone |
| Adamant | refusing to change their behavior or thought |
| Admonitory | expressing warning |
| Aesthetic | concerned with the appreciation of beauty |
| Affable | easy to talk to |
| Affluent | having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value |
| Ambivalent | mixed or conflicting emotions as having good and bad feeling about something |
| Amenable | easily persuaded |
| Amiable | having or displaying a friendly and pleasant manner |
| Amorphous | having no definite shape |
| Ample | more than enough in size, scope or capacity |
| Anemic | lacking energy and vigor |
| Anodyne | not likely to offend or upset anyone |
| Antic | foolishly odd |
| Antiquated | belonging to an earlier period in time |
| Antithetical | sharply contrasted in character or purpose |
| Apathetic | showing little emotion enthusiasm |
| Aphoristic | concisely suggesting a general truth or principle as containing aphorisms or maxims |
| Apocryphal | well-known but probably not true |
| Apposite | remarkably appropriate |
| Appreciable | large enough to be noticed (amount) |
| Appurtenant | supplying added support |
| Arbitrary | based on random and groundless decision |
| Arcane | understood by only a few |
| Arch | having or showing an amused feeling of being superior to or knowing more than other people |
| Archaic | so old as appearing to belong to ancient period |
| Arduous | requiring considerable mental effort and skill as testing the power of endurance |
| Arrant | complete and wholly (usually modifying a noun with negative connotation) |
| Artful | exhibiting artistic skill ; clever in a cunning way |
| Artless | without cunning or deceit |
| Ascetic | having a strict and simple way of living that avoids physical pleasure |
| Askance | with a look of suspicion or disapproval |
| Assiduous | marked by care and persistent effort |
| Atavistic | characterized by the recurrence of something ancient or ancestral after an absence of particular period of time |
| Audacious | unrestrained by convention or propriety ; willing to take risks |
| Auspicious | suggesting favorable circumstances and good luck |
| Austere | practicing self-denial ; unadorned in style or appearance ; severe or strict in manner or appearance |
| Autocratic | characteristic of an absolute ruler or absolute rule ; offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power |
| Avaricious | showing an extreme greed for material gain |
| Avid | marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
| Baleful | threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments |
| Banal | insignificant through having been overused or repeated too often |
| Base | without any moral principles |
| Beatific | experiencing celestial happiness ; showing utter kindness as resembling an angel or saint |
| Becoming | appropriate and nicely matches as according with custom or propriety |
| Bellicose | showing tendency to fight or argue |
| Belligerent | showing readiness to fight |
| Benighted | lacking knowledge or enlightenment |
| Benign | not dangerous to health |
| Bereft | suffering from unrequited love ; sorrowful through loss or deprivation |
| Besotted | strongly feeling or showing love and affection towards ; very drunk |
| Bilious | always angry |
| Blatant | completely obvious in an offensive manner |
| Bleak | having or showing a depressing outlook |
| Blinkered | having or showing a limited outlook or understanding |
| Boon | very close and convivial |
| Boorish | ill-mannered and coarse or contemptible in behavior or appearance |
| Brazen | done openly without shame or embarrassment |
| Brusque | marked by rude or peremptory shortness |
| Bucolic | related to pleasant aspects of a country life |
| Byzantine | highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious |
| Cacophonous | having an unpleasant sound |
| Cadaverous | looking very thin and pale as resembling a corpse |
| Callow | young and inexperienced |
| Candid | openly straightforward without secretiveness |
| Capricious | determined by chance or whim or impulse rather than necessity or reason |
| Cardinal | serving as an essential component |
| Catholic | of broad scope or free from provincial prejudices |
| Cavalier | given to haughty disregard of others |
| Cerebral | involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct |
| Chary | suspiciously reluctant to do something |
| Checkered | marked by changeable fortune |
| Chivalrous | being attentive to women like an ideal knight |
| Choleric | prone to outbursts of temper |
| Churlish | lacking manners or refinement |
| Clement | (of weather or climate) physically mild ; showing or giving mercy |
| Cogent | powerfully persuasive and easy for the mind to accept and believe |
| Colossal | so great in size or force as to elicit awe |
| Commendable | deserving high praise |
| Commensurate | proportional or corresponding to degree or amount |
| Complacent | satisfied with the fault of oneself or one’s actions ; satisfied with how things are and unwilling to change them |
| Complaisant | showing a cheerful willingness to do favors for others |
| Concomitant | describing an event or situation that happens at the same time as or in connection with another |
| Conspicuous | extremely obvious as without any attempt at concealment |
| Consummate | reveling supreme mastery or skill |
| Contemptuous | looking down at others with a sneering attitude |
| Contentious | likely to argue |
| Contingent | determined by conditions or circumstances that follow |
| Contrite | feeling regret for doing something bad |
| Convivial | describing a lively atmosphere |
| Convoluted | highly complex and difficult to understand |
| Copious | in abundant supply |
| Cosmopolitan | comprising many cultures and global in reach or outlook |
| Coterminous | being of equal scope or duration |
| Craven | pathetically cowardly |
| Creditable | deserving of praise but not that amazing |
| Credulous | showing a lack of judgement or experience and tending to believe readily |
| Crestfallen | brought low in spirit |
| Cryptic | mysterious (usually intentionally) |
| Culpable | deserving blame as being wrong or injurious |
| Cumbersome | difficult to handle or use especially because of size or weight |
| Debonair | having a sophisticated charm or lively air |
| Decorous | having a good taste in manner and conduct |
| Deferent | showing respect |
| Deleterious | harmful for living things |
| Demure | modest or shy especially in a playful or provocative way |
| Derelict | (of a person) not doing one's duties |
| Derisive | vocally expressing contempt or ridicule |
| Derogatory | expressing a low opinion of someone or something |
| Desiccated | lacking vitality or spirit |
| Destitute | poor enough to need help from others ; completely lacking or wanting |
| Desultory | marked by the lack of definite plan or purpose as jumping from one thing to another |
| Detrimental | causing harm or injury |
| Diabolical | very wicked like the devil |
| Didactic | designed to teach someone |
| Diffident | lacking self-confident |
| Dilapidated | in terrible condition |
| Dilatory | wasting time |
| Diminutive | very small |
| Disaffected | unsatisfied as toward authority |
| Discreet | careful to protect one's speech or actions in order to avoid offense or draw attention |
| Discrete | constituting a separate part or entity |
| Discursive | tending to depart from the main point as in speech or writing |
| Disheartened | becoming less hopeful and enthusiastic |
| Disingenuous | not straightforward as giving a false appearance of frankness |
| Disinterested | unaffected by self-interest |
| Disparate | fundamentally distinct in quality or kind |
| Dispassionate | unaffected by strong emotions or prejudice |
| Docile | willing to be taught or supervised |
| Dogmatic | very opinionated as not accepting that your belief may not be true |
| Doleful | filled with or evoking sadness |
| Dolorous | showing sorrow |
| Doughty | marked by fearless resolution |
| Ebullient | joyously unrestrained |
| Eclectic | comprised or composed of multiple things or elements drawn from various resources |
| Effervescent | marked by high spirits or excitement |
| Efficacious | producing intended result |
| Egregious | extremely bad or standing out in negative way |
| Elegiac | expressing sorrow |
| Eloquent | expressing oneself readily, clearly and effectively |
| Elusive | difficult to capture or remember |
| Embryonic | in the early stage of development |
| Eminent | standing above others in quality or position |
| Empathetic | showing understanding of other people's states or emotions |
| Enamored | strongly attracted to or in love with |
| Endemic | originating from where it is found |
| Entrenched | established firmly and securely |
| Ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| Equitable | fair to all parties as dictated by reason and conscience |
| Equivocal | open to two or more interpretations |
| Errant | being wondering or not sticking to a circumscribed path |
| Erratic | having no fixed course ; likely to perform unpredictably |
| Ersatz | copied from something else and usually not as good as the original |
| Erudite | having profound knowledge that is learned by studying |
| Esoteric | understandable by only a group of people |
| Estimable | deserving of esteem and respect |
| Ethereal | characterized by lightness and insubstantiality |
| Evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| Evasive | escaping from difficulty or commitment ; deliberately vague or ambiguous |
| Evenhanded | without partiality |
| Exacting | requiring or demanding accuracy |
| Excruciating | extremely painful |
| Exigent | demanding immediate action or attention |
| Exiguous | extremely small in size or amount |
| Exorbitant | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation |
| Expansive | communicative and prone to talking in a sociable manner |
| Extant | still in existence |
| Facetious | cleverly amusing in tone |
| Facile | not showing enough thought or effort ; done or achieved in a way that is too easy |
| Factious | characterized by internal disagreement or likely to cause disagreement |
| Factitious | artificial |
| Fallacious | of a belief that is based on faulty reasoning |
| Fastidious | overly concerned with details |
| Feckless | describing someone who is irresponsible or has no purpose in life |
| Fecund | intellectually productive |
| Fell | terribly evil |
| Fervid | characterized by intense emotion |
| Fickle | liable to sudden and unpredictable change especially in affections or attachments |
| Fledgling | young and inexperienced |
| Flippant | not showing a serious or respectful attitude |
| Florid | excessively ornamented or decorated |
| Flush | being in abundance |
| Foolhardy | recklessly bold or rash in doing something dangerous or risky |
| Forlorn | showing hopelessness |
| Forthcoming | readily available ; coming soon ; at ease in talking or willing to share information to others |
| Forthright | characterized by directness in manner or speech as without subtlety or evasion |
| Fortuitous | happening by chance or having no apparent cause |
| Fractious | irritable and is likely to cause disruption |
| Frivolous | not important or serious |
| Frugal | not spending much money but spending wisely |
| Furtive | done secretly and quietly to avoid being noticed (usually by taking pains) |
| Futile | producing no intended result or effect |
| Garrulous | full of trivial conversation |
| Gauche | socially awkward |
| Genial | marked by sympathy or friendliness |
| Genteel | marked by elegant quality in taste and manners |
| Germane | appropriate and relevant |
| Glib | speaking with ease but without sincerity |
| Gossamer | characterized by unusual lightness or delicacy |
| Grandiloquent | pompous or extravagant in language or manner especially in a way that is intended to impress |
| Gregarious | instinctively or temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others |
| Gullible | easily deceived or tricked |
| Hackneyed | lacking significance through having been overused |
| Hagiographic | excessively flattering toward someone's life or work |
| Halcyon | marked by peace and prosperity |
| Haphazard | marked by great carelessness ; dependent upon or characterized by chance |
| Haughty | having or showing arrogant superiority |
| Histrionic | overly theatrical or melodramatic in character or style |
| Hoary | ancient |
| Humdrum | dull and lacking excitement |
| Iconoclastic | defying tradition or convention |
| Ignoble | completely lacking nobility in character or purpose |
| Ignominious | deserving disgrace or shame |
| Illicit | contrary to or forbidden by law |
| Illustrious | widely known and esteemed |
| Immaterial | not relevant |
| Immutable | not able to be changed |
| Impartial | free from undue bias or preconceived opinions |
| Impeccable | without fault or error |
| Impecunious | lacking money |
| Impending | close in time or about to occur |
| Imperious | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy |
| Impertinent | disrespectful or improperly forward |
| Impervious | not admitting of passage or capable of being affected |
| Impetuous | characterized by undue haste and lack of thought or deliberation |
| Implacable | opposed to someone or something in a very angry or determined way that cannot be changed or mitigated |
| Implausible | describing a statement that is not believable |
| Imponderable | impossible to estimate or figure out |
| Impregnable | immune to attack ; incapable of being challenged or refuted |
| Improvident | not given careful consideration |
| Imprudent | not wise |
| Impudent | improperly forward or rude or disrespectful |
| Inadvertent | unexpectedly or unintentionally happened |
| Inane | without sense or intelligence |
| Inarticulate | incapable of expressing ideas clearly and effectively in speech or writing |
| Incessant | continuing without stopping or interruption |
| Inchoate | imperfectly formed or only partly in existence |
| Incisive | demonstrating an ability to draw or recognize fine distinctions |
| Incongruous | lack of harmony or compatibility or appropriateness |
| Incontrovertible | impossible to deny or disprove |
| Incorrigible | not able to be changed or corrected ; not manageable |
| Incumbent | necessary for someone as a duty or responsibility |
| Indigenous | originating in a certain area |
| Indigent | having very little |
| Indignant | feeling angry over a perceived injustice |
| Industrious | characterized by hard work and perseverance |
| Ineffable | too sacred or difficult to be uttered or expressed |
| Ineluctable | impossible to avoid or evade |
| Inexorable | stubborn ; impossible to stop or prevent |
| Infelicitous | inappropriate |
| Inflammatory | extremely controversial |
| Ingenuous | characterized by an inability to mask your feelings |
| Inimical | likely to cause damage or have a bad effect |
| Inimitable | defying imitation |
| Innocuous | does not produce any ill effects |
| Inscrutable | not easily understood |
| Insidious | working subtly but in a destructive way |
| Insipid | dull and uninteresting |
| Insolent | rude and arrogant |
| Insolvent | bankrupt or unable to pay one’s bill |
| Insufferable | difficult to endure |
| Intermittent | stopping and starting at irregular intervals |
| Internecine | characterized by bloodshed and carnage for both sides within a conflicting group or organization |
| Intransigent | unwilling to change one's behavior or opinion |
| Intrepid | fearless |
| Invective | characterized by harsh or insulting words |
| Inveterate | habitual |
| Invidious | likely to cause resentment |
| Inviolable | never to be broken, infringed or dishonored |
| Inviolate | must be kept sacred |
| Involved | difficult to understand |
| Irascible | quickly aroused to anger |
| Irrefutable | impossible to deny or disprove |
| Irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed |
| Irrevocable | incapable of being retracted, withdrawn or taken back |
| Itinerant | traveling from place to place to work |
| Jaundiced | showing or affected by prejudice or envy |
| Jejune | lacking interest or significance ; displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
| Jocular | characterized by jokes and good humor |
| Jovial | marked by good humor and full of happiness |
| Jubilant | delightful because of triumph or success |
| Laborious | characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion especially physical effort |
| Lachrymose | showing sorrow |
| Laconic | brief and to the point |
| Lascivious | sexually perverted |
| Laudable | worthy of high praise |
| Lavish | characterized by extravagance and profusion |
| Leery | showing a lack of trust in someone or something |
| Lethargic | lacking energy |
| Limpid | having clarity in terms of expression |
| Loath | unwilling to do something contrary to your custom |
| Loquacious | full of trivial conversation |
| Lucid | transparently clear and easy to understand |
| Lugubrious | excessively mournful |
| Luminous | softly bright |
| Macabre | suggesting the horror of death and decay |
| Magisterial | offensively or excessively showing one's authority or power |
| Magnanimous | noble and generous in spirit toward someone less powerful |
| Maladroit | not skillful in action or thought |
| Malevolent | showing a wish to do evil to others or arising from intense hatred |
| Malleable | capable of being shaped or bent ; easily influenced |
| Malodorous | having an unpleasant smell |
| Martial | suggesting war or military life |
| Maudlin | overly emotional and sad |
| Mawkish | expressing emotion in exaggerating or embarrassing way |
| Mellifluous | pleasing to the ear |
| Mendacious | tending to be untruthful |
| Mercurial | prone to unexpected or unpredictable changes in mood |
| Meteoric | resembling a meteor in speed or brilliance |
| Meticulous | marked by extreme care in treatment of details |
| Mettlesome | filled with courage or valor |
| Mollify | to make someone angry less angry |
| Moment | significant and important value |
| Moot | open to argument or debate |
| Mordant | showing harsh quality in manner or thought |
| Moribund | being on the point of death ; not changing or growing |
| Morose | ill-tempered and not inclined to talk |
| Mundane | relating to an ordinary world ; repetitive and boring |
| Munificent | very generous |
| Muted | being or made softer or less loud |
| Myopic | lacking foresight or imagination |
| Negligible | very small as to be meaningless |
| Noisome | having an extremely bad smell |
| Nonchalant | coming across as uninterested or unconcerned |
| Nonplussed | unsure how to act or respond |
| Obdurate | unable to be persuaded |
| Obliging | showing a cheerful willingness to help others |
| Oblique | not straightforward |
| Obscure | known by only few people |
| Obsequious | attempting to gain favor from influential people by flattery |
| Obstinate | refusing to change your behavior or your ideas |
| Obstreperous | noisily and stubbornly defiant |
| Obtuse | slow to learn or understand because of lacking intellectual acuity or insight |
| Officious | intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner |
| Onerous | difficult to do or deal with |
| Opaque | not clearly understood or expressed |
| Opulent | very wealthy or superior in quality |
| Ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric or oratory ; covered with fancy patterns |
| Ostentatious | intended to attract notice and impress others ; vulgar or tawdry |
| Overweening | excessively arrogant |
| Palatable | acceptable to the taste or mind |
| Paradoxical | seemingly contradictory but nonetheless possibly true |
| Parochial | narrowly restricted in the scoop of outlook ; not interested in more important things |
| Parsimonious | excessively unwilling to spend |
| Pastoral | relating to the countryside in a pleasant sense |
| Patent | glaringly obvious |
| Pecuniary | relating to or involving money |
| Pedantic | characterized by narrow focus on ; too worried about small details or rules |
| Pedestrian | lacking imagination |
| Peevish | easily irritated or annoyed |
| Pejorative | expressing disapproval |
| Pellucid | transparently clear and easily understandable |
| Penurious | lacking money ; miserly |
| Percipient | highly perceptive |
| Peremptory | showing the insulting attitude of people who think that they should be obeyed without question |
| Perennial | lasting an indefinite long time |
| Perfunctory | done routinely and with little interest or car |
| Peripatetic | traveling by foot |
| Pernicious | working in a hidden but injurious way |
| Perspicacious | acutely insightful and wise |
| Pertinent | having precise and logical relevance to the matter at hand |
| Petulant | easily irritated or annoyed |
| Phantasmagorical | characterized by fantastic imagery and incongruous juxtapositions |
| Philanthropic | generous in assistance to the poor |
| Philistine | smug and ignorant towards artistic and cultural values |
| Phlegmatic | showing little emotion |
| Picayune | not valuable or important |
| Piquant | having a pleasant and exciting taste |
| Pithy | concise and full of meaning |
| Placid | not easily irritated |
| Plodding | slow and laborious |
| Plucky | marked by courage and determination |
| Poignant | emotionally touching |
| Pollyannaish | extremely optimistic |
| Ponderous | moving slowly |
| Portentous | ominously prophetic |
| Pragmatic | guided by practical experiences or observations rather than theory |
| Precarious | not securely held or likely to collapse |
| Precipitate | done hastily or rashly without deliberation |
| Precipitous | extremely steep ; done with very great haste or without enough planning or thinking |
| Precocious | characterized by an exceptionally early development or maturity |
| Preemptive | designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence |
| Prescient | perceiving the significance of events before they occur |
| Presumptuous | excessively forward |
| Pristine | untouched and unused |
| Prodigal | wasteful as spending more than you can afford |
| Prodigious | so great in size, force or extent as to elicit awe |
| Profligate | using resources recklessly |
| Profuse | pouring out in abundance |
| Prolific | intellectually productive |
| Prolix | using or containing too many words in writing or speech |
| Propitious | producing intended or good result |
| Prosaic | dull and lacking imagination |
| Protean | readily taking on different roles |
| Provident | careful in regard to your own interests |
| Provincial | characteristic of limited perspective ; not fashionable or sophisticated |
| Provisional | under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon |
| Puerile | displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity |
| Pugnacious | eager to fight or argue |
| Puissant | powerful |
| Punctilious | marked by precise accordance with details |
| Pyrrhic | describing a victory that comes at such a great cost that the victory is not worthwhile |
| Querulous | habitually complaining |
| Quiescent | being quiet and still |
| Quixotic | wildly idealistic |
| Quotidian | very usual or common as to be done everyday |
| Raffish | not completely acceptable or respectable but interesting and attractive |
| Rakish | marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputableness |
| Rarefied | made more subtle or refined |
| Rash | done or made quickly without enough planning or thinking |
| Raucous | unpleasantly loud and harsh |
| Ravenous | devouring or craving food in great quantities as when feeling very hungry |
| Recondite | difficult to comprehend |
| Redoubtable | inspiring fear or awe |
| Refractory | stubbornly resistant to authority or control |
| Remiss | being negligent or without enthusiasm in one’s duty |
| Replete | completely stocked or furnished with something |
| Restive | unable to stay still because you feel bored or not satisfied |
| Resurgent | raising again as to new life and vigor |
| Reticent | not revealing one’s thought |
| Retiring | reluctant to draw attention to yourself |
| Reverent | showing respect or veneration |
| Ribald | humorously vulgar |
| Robust | sturdy and strong in form, constitution or construction |
| Rudimentary | being in the earliest stages of development |
| Rustic | characteristic of country people |
| Sagacious | having good judgement and acute insight |
| Sanctimonious | pretending to be morally better that another |
| Sanguine | confidently cheerful and optimistic |
| Sardonic | disdainfully or ironically humorous |
| Sartorial | related to fashion or clothes |
| Saturnine | morose or gloomy |
| Savvy | having particular understanding or knowledge |
| Scintillating | describing someone who is brilliant, lively and amusing |
| Scrupulous | having sense of right and wrong ; characterized by extreme care and great effort |
| Sedulous | marked by care and persistent effort |
| Self-effacing | reluctant to draw attention to yourself |
| Sentimental | effusively or insincerely emotional especially in art, music and literature |
| Serene | calm and peaceful |
| Slapdash | carelessly and hastily put together |
| Smug | marked by excessive complacency or self-satisfaction |
| Snide | indirectly mocking or insulting |
| Solicitous | showing hovering attentiveness |
| Soporific | inducing mental lethargy or sleep inducing |
| Sordid | involving ignoble actions and motives |
| Spartan | unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment |
| Specious | deceptively pleasing as to appear to be true but actually false |
| Splenetic | very irritable |
| Sporadic | recurring in scattered and irregular instances |
| Spurious | not genuine or authentic ; based on false idea or reasoning |
| Staid | characterized by dignity and propriety |
| Stalwart | inured to fatigue or hardships |
| Staunch | firm and dependable especially in loyalty |
| Steadfast | marked by firm determination or resolution |
| Stolid | having little emotion or sensibility in the way that is not easily aroused or excited |
| Stringent | demanding strict attention to procedures or rules |
| Sublime | of high moral or intellectual value as to inspire great admiration or awe |
| Subversive | in opposition to an established system or institution |
| Sullen | describing an unhappy person who does not want to talk or smile |
| Supercilious | looking down on others |
| Superfluous | serving no useful purpose ; more than is needed or desired |
| Surly | inclined to anger or bad feelings with overtones of menace |
| Surreptitious | done secretly and quietly to avoid being noticed usually by taking pains |
| Taciturn | uncommunicative and reserved |
| Tantamount | being essentially equal to something |
| Tawdry | having a cheap and ugly appearance |
| Taxing | requiring a lot of effort |
| Telling | significant and revealing of another factor |
| Telltale | revealing |
| Tempered | moderated in effect |
| Tempestuous | violently energetic and wildly fluctuating |
| Tenacious | very determined to do something |
| Tendentious | likely to lean towards a controversial view |
| Thoroughgoing | extremely thorough |
| Thrifty | spending money wisely |
| Timorous | easily frightened or nervous |
| Tortuous | highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious |
| Tractable | easily managed or controlled |
| Transient | lasting a very short time |
| Transitory | lasting a very short time |
| Treacherous | tending to betray ; dangerously unstable and unpredictable |
| Trenchant | having keenness and penetration in thought or expression |
| Trite | boring and uninteresting as repeated too often or being overused |
| Truculent | having a fierce and savage nature |
| Turgid | (of language) pompous and tedious |
| Uncanny | suggesting the operation of supernatural influences |
| Uncompromising | not willing to change a decision or opinion |
| Unconscionable | greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation |
| Unflappable | marked by extreme calm and composure |
| Unforthcoming | uncooperative or not willing to give up information |
| Unimpeachable | free of guilt |
| Unprecedented | having never been done or known before |
| Unprepossessing | creating an unfavorable or neutral first impression |
| Unpropitious | (of a circumstance) with little chance of success |
| Unruly | noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline ; difficult to control or manage |
| Unseemly | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society |
| Unstinting | very generous |
| Untenable | (of theories etc) incapable of being defended or justified |
| Untoward | not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society |
| Untrammeled | not confined or limited |
| Urbane | showing a high degree of refinement and the assurance that comes from wide social experience |
| Vacuous | showing a lack of intelligence, matter or significance |
| Vehement | marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions |
| Veneer | covering consisting of a thin superficial layer that hides the underlying substance |
| Venial | easily excused or forgiven |
| Veracious | truthful |
| Verbose | using or containing too many words |
| Veritable | without a doubt |
| Viable | capable of being done with means at hand and circumstances as they are |
| Vicarious | felt as if one were taking part in the experience of another |
| Vindictive | having strong desire for revenge |
| Vitriolic | harsh in tone |
| Vociferous | speaking or expressing feeling loudly |
| Voracious | approaching an activity with enthusiasm |
| Wanting | lacking |
| Wanton | showing no moral restraints to one's anger, desire or appetites |
| Whimsical | resulting from or determined by sudden wish or desire rather than necessity or reason |
| Winsome | charming in a childlike or naïve way |
| Zealous | marked by active interest and enthusiasm |
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