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having a sour or bitter taste or character; sharp; biting

Sour patch kids are very acerbic.

a medieal science aimed as the transmutation of metals, esp. base metals into gold

The ideology of recycling is the alchemist's ultimate dream: turn waste back into gold

agreeable; responsive to suggestion

The husband tried to be amenable to his wife's suggestion that he help with household chores by doing the laundry that night.

having a tightening effect on the living tissue; harsh; severe

I use astringent at night to tighten my pores.

sharing a border; touching; adjacent

The contiguous United States does not include Alaska and Hawaii.

a generally agreed-upon practice or attitude

Double-spacing a paper was a convention many teachers enforced in high school.

an attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfishness

Larry's cynicism prevents him from ever finding the good in other people.

polite or appropriate conduct or behavior

Synonyms: courtliness, demeanor

Her daughter acted very decorum at her mother's lavishly decorated wedding.

scorn, ridicule, contemptuous treatment

Synonyms: insult

Once Denise felt her confidence rise, her husband fed her with derision and she felt even worse than ever.

to slight or belittle

Synonyms: discourage, disdain, vilify

Her son disparaged her cooking of the asparagus.

to disclose or make known something secret

She divulged to her friend her desire to dive into an affair with a married man.

to show contempt for, as in a rule or convention

Synonyms: affront, defy, repudiate

Fishers are still flouting the law and fishing for trout the in banned lake.

pointlessly talkative; talking too much

Synonyms: babbling, prattling, glib

I become very garrulous after I have been drinking a lot.

marked by ease or informality; nonchalant; lacking in depth; superficial

Synonyms: eloquent, loquacious, facile

It was a glib response to a complex question.

overbearing presumption or pride; arrogance

Synonyms: audacity, cockiness

The husband was very hubris and was on his fifth wife.

about to happen, impending

Synonyms: next, inevitable

THe immigrant's deportation was imminent once he was reported.

not capable of change

Synonyms: abiding, perpetual

The mutation that appeared on her face was immutable.

hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive and vehement

Synonyms: sudden, impassioned, ardent

Her decision to by a pet snake was impetuous.

damaging; harmful; injurious

Synonyms: pernicious, repugnant

The enemy had very inimical intentions.

not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate

synonyms: tenacious, headstrong, obstinate, obdurate

She was intractable when she was told to retract her statement about the lesibians.

an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party

Synonyms: radical

Tom Cruise was called a maverick in the movie because of the way he flew his plane.

characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood.

Synonyms: temperamental, capricious, erratic

THe mercury in the thermometer must be mercurial to detect the change in temperature.

a recent covert; a beginner; novice

Synonyms: tyro, rookie

He was a neophyte to the fight club and got the shit kicked out of him.

to deliberately obscure; to make confusing

Synonyms: baffle, confound

The diet obfuscated the obese lady and caused her to eat even more.

stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising

Synonyms: obdurate, dogmatic, intransigent, adamant

She was obstinate when her boyfriend wanted to have sex because she wanted to abstain from sex before marriage.