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ABSTRUSE
difficult to understand
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ABYSMAL
extremely hopeless or wretched; bottomless
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ACERBIC
bitter, sour, severe
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ACUMEN
keenness of judgment; mental sharpness
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AMELIORATE
to make better or more tolerable
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ANATHEMA
something or someone loathed or detested
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ANCILLARY
subordinate; providing assistance
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ANOMALY
an aberration, deviation, or irregularity
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AVUNCULAR
kind, helpful, generous; like a nice uncle
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BELLICOSE
warlike or belligerent
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CAPACITOR
a device that stores energy
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CAPRICIOUS
unpredictable, likely to change at any moment
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CHAGRIN
humiliation, embarrassed disappointment
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CURMUDGEON
a greedy, irascible, crotchety old person
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DISCOMFIT
to frustrate, to confuse
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DIVISIVE
creating conflict and disagreement
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DRACONIAN
severe, harsh or cruel
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EPHEMERAL
lasting a very short time
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EXPEDITIOUS
prompt, speedy
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FECUND
fertile or productive
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FLORID
very fancy, usually refers to intangible objects
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FORTUITOUS
accidental, occurring by chance
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GRANDILOQUENT
using a lot of big, fancy words to sound impressive
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HEGEMONY
leadership, especially of one nation over another
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IDIOSYNCRATIC
quirky, peculiar, eccentric
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IGNOMINY
shame, disrepute, disgrace
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INSOUCIANT
nonchalant, lighthearted, carefree
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LEXICON
a glossary or dictionary
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LUGUBRIOUS
exaggeratedly mournful
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MELLIFLUOUS
flowing sweetly, usually refers to sound or voices
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MISANTHROPE
one who hates people
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NEBULOUS
vague, hazy, indistinct
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OBFUSCATE
to darken or confuse
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PANACHE
flair, verve; dashing, elegance
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PERFUNCTORY
unenthusiastic, careless
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PHILISTINE
a smugly ignorant person with no appreciation for intellectual or artistic matters
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POIGNANT
painfully emotional, extremely moving, sharp or astute
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POLEMIC
a powerful arguement often made to attack or refute controversial issue
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PREDILECTION
a natural preference for something
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PROFLIGATE
extravagantly wasteful; wildly immoral
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PROSAIC
dull, unimaginative
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PULCHRITUDE
physical beauty
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QUIXOTIC
idealistic to a foolish or impractical degree, like Don Quixote
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RECAPITULATE
to review or summarize
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RECIDIVISM
the act of repeating an offense
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SACROSANCT
sacred, held to be inviolable
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SANGUINE
cheerful, optimistic, hopeful
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SKINFLINT
a mean, penny-pinching person
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SUPPLICATE
to ask or beg humbly
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AFFABLE
easy to talk to; friendly
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AGGREGATE
collection of things mixed together
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APPROPRIATE
to take without permission; to set aside for a particular use
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AUGURY
an omen, especially a good omen
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BEGUILE
to delude by guile or craft; to mislead
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BEQUEST
something left to someone in a will
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BLITHE
careful and cheerful
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BURGEON
to expand, to flourish
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CABAL
a group of conspirators
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CAPITULATE
to surrender, to give up
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CHIMERICAL
imaginary, given to fantasy
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EBULLIENT
bubbling with excitement, exuberant
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EGREGIOUS
extremely bad or flagrant
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FLOUT
to disregard something or someone out of disrespect
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HACKNEYED
overused, trite, stale
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