Question | Answer |
ASTUTE | shrew, keen in judgment |
BRUSQUE | gruff, blunt, abrupt |
COMPLACENT | easily satisfied, not striving for improvement or change |
DISCONSOLATE | hopelessly sad, cheerless |
ERUDITE | scholarly, deeply learned |
FORTUITOUS | accidental, occurring by chance |
FRACTIOUS | quarrelsome, irritable, unruly or undisciplined |
INANE | shallow, silly, empty, insubstantial |
INCESSANT | never ending, continuing or flowing without interruption |
IRASCIBLE | easily angered or provoked, irritable |
PALATABLE | agreeable to the taste, appetizing, tasty, savory |
PONDEROUS | so large as to be clumsy, massive, dull |
RELEVANT | pertinent, germane, applicable |
SINUOUS | bending in and out, winding |
SPORADIC | occasional, infrequent, occurring in scattered, single incidences |
TENACIOUS | persistent, stubborn, not letting go |
TRUCULENT | savage, fierce, pugnacious, aggressively self- assertive |
UNCTUOUS | oily, insincere |
URBANE | poised, suave, refined, sophisticated |
VERDANT | green with growing plants, unripe, (occasionally inexperienced) |
VIABLE | capable of living, workable |
VITRIOLIC | caustic, full of bitterness |
VULNERABLE | open to attack, capable of being wounded, susceptible |
WAN | sickly, pallid, dim, faint, languid |
ZANY | foolish, crazy |