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affable
friendly, courteous, amiable, cordial, genial, gracious
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antipathy
a dislike, distaste, or enmity; animosity, antagonism, hostility
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approbation
official approval, praise, commendation
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ardent
expressing strong feelings, impassioned, zealous, fervent, passionate
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aversion
strong disinclination, disliking, reluctance
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beguile
to deceive, mislead, or persuade with charm, delude
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benign
not causing harm, of gentle disposition, beneficial
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blasphemous
irreverent, profane
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capitulate
to surrender, defer, relent, submit, yield
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complacency
the state of being self-satisfied
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consecrate
to dedicate or to declare sacred, devotge
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debauchery
moral curruption, debasement, perversion
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deference
courteous going along with the opinions or wishes of another, reverence
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deprecate
to disapprove regretfully, to belittle, to express mild disapproval
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despoil
to take possessions by force, to plunder, pillage, ravage
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despondency
depression, dejection
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diffidence
shyness, reserve, unassertiveness, bashfulness, modesty
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discern
to differentiate between two or more things
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disdain
intense dislike, to treat with scorn or contempt, to reject as unworthy, to be arrogant
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disparage
to degrade, to speak of someone or something in a derogatory manner, belittle, deprecate
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docile
easily managed, oedient, passive, amenable
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edifice
very large building
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elicit
bring out a response, to evoke, extort, extract
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embellish
decorate, to make beautiful with ornamentation, deck, ornament, adorn
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emulate
try to equal or to be like (imitation)
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engender
to cause, to produce, or to create
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engrossed
completely occupied or absorbed, preoccupied
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entreaty
a plea, earnest request
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evanescent
fleeting, transient
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execrable
extremely bad, deserving of hate
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expeditious
done with speed and efficiency
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felicitous
happy or delightful
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florid
flowery, flushed with color
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furtive
secret in underhanded way, stealthy, underhanded
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gravity
seriousness, importance
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impel
to urge or to drive forward (usually with moral pressure)
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implacable
incapable of being appeased
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incorrigibile
incapable of being reformed or improved
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infallible
incapable of error
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insolence
insulting or contemptuous behavious, arrogance, haughtiness
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inundate
to flood, to overflow
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inviolable
secure from violation or from being profaned, antonym: destructable
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laconic
using a minimum of words, concise to the point of seeming room, succinct, summary
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magnanimity
having a lofty, generous, and courageous spirit
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obscure
difficult to see, vague, cryptic
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obsequious
overly attentive, like a sycophant, servile, subservient
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ostentatious
showy, pretentious, pompous
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penitent
showing or feeling regret for wrongdoing, repentant
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pernicious
very destructive or harmful, deadly
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profligate
a wasteful person, extremely wasteful, given to licentiousness
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proscribe
to denounce or to condemn, to forbit
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remonstrate
to protest, to make objections
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