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prodigious
marvelous, enormous
stage magicians performing prodigious feats for rapt audiences
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profligate
licenticious, prodigal
profligate movie producers hoping to create the next blockbuster with special effects and big-name stars
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profusion
overabundance
apples grow in profusion in this valley
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prosaic
uninspired, flat
She believes the noises are made by ghosts, but I think there's a more prosaic explanation.
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proscribe
prohibit
regulations proscribe the use of electronic devices on board a plane while it is landing
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protuberance
bulge
the tree trunk had several mossy protuberances where branches had once grown
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pundit
politically astute person
the new mini laptop has gotten a thumbs-up from industry pundits
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quash
put down, suppress
quash a rebellion
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quixotic
impractical, romantic
in this age of giant chain stores, any attempt at operating an independent bookstore must be regarded asquixotic
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refractory
obstinate, resisting control
believing that rules are only for other people, he's been refractory virtually his entire life
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relegate
assign to an inferior position
courtiers and generals who incurred the emperor's disfavor were soon relegated to the farther reaches of the empire
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reprehensible
blameworthy
your behavior towards the other team was trulyreprehensible, so you're being suspended from the next three games
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reprobate
- 1. (v) condem, reject
- 2. (adj) depraved
- 3. (n) miscreant
3. a program for rehabilitating hard-core reprobates and turning them into hard-working, law-abiding citizens>
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repudiate
disavow
She says she has evidence which repudiates the allegations.
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reticent
reserved
her husband is by nature a reticent person, never making an openly bold statement
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sanctimonious
self-righteous
a sanctimonious moralist
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sanction
approval
Their policy has legal sanction.
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sedulous
diligent
an impressively sedulous suitor, he was constantly sending her flowers and other tokens of his affection
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solicitous
considerate, concerned
I appreciated his solicitous inquiry about my health.
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sophistry
specious reasoning
His sophistry had me reeling, doubting my own arguments and unable to contradict his false claims.
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surfeit
overabundance
ended up with a surfeit of volunteers who simply got in each other's way
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tacit
understood without being spoken
She felt that she had her parents' tacit approval to borrow the car.
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temerity
boldness
she had the temerity to ask my boyfriend if she could go out with him should he and I ever break up
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torpid
lethargic, inactive
a torpid sloth that refused to budge off its tree branch
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tractable
docile, manageable
This new, improved approach should make the problem moretractable.
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trenchant
incisive, penetrating
even the most trenchant sword could not sever the bonds of loyalty between them
a writer with a trenchant wit
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truculent
fierce, savage
a theater critic who was notorious for his titanicallytruculent reviews
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ubiquitous
omnipresent, pervasive
The company's advertisements are ubiquitous. I'm sick of seeing them everywhere.
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untoward
perverse, improper, unruly
tried, unsuccessfully to reason with the untoward child
his appearance was utterly untoward, tatters in the courtroom
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vituperative
abusive
the type of provocative magazine article that is guaranteed to engender vituperative threats of subscription cancellations
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