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demise (n)
death; termination; end; downfall
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filial (a)
- 1. of a son or daughter
- 2. devoted to parents
Ex. "filial piety"- child's devotion to parents
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impious (a)
impiety (n)
- not devoted
- lack of devotion
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supercilious (a)
arrogant
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assuming (a)
unassuming (a)
- arrogant; pretentious; not modest
- not pretentious; modest
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presumptuous (a)
- arrogant
- 1. overconfident
- 2. arrogant
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imperious (a)
arrogant; commanding
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lofty (a)
- arrogant
- 1. high
- 2. noble
- 3. conceited
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ostentatious (a)
arrogant in appearance; showy
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grandiloquent (a)
arrogant in speech
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bombastic (a)
arrogant; bragging
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presumptuous (a)
- 1. overconfident
- 2. arrogant
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diffident (a)
lacking in confidence
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presumptive (a)
having reasonable ground for belief
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hubris (n)
arrogant pride
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circumlocutory (a)
saying or writing in many words for what can be said or written; roundabout in speech or writing
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elocution (n)
art of speech
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pontificate (v)
- 1. to preside over a catholic mass
- 2. to preach
- 3. to speak or behave arrogantly
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squalid (a)
squalor (n)
- dirty
- state of being dirty
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voracious (a)
voracity (n)
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ravenous (a)
ravenousness (n)
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avaricious (a)
avarice (n)
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covetuous (a)
covetuousness (n)
covet (v)
- greedy
- greed
- to desire, esp. someone else's
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gluttonous (a)
gluttony (n)
glutton (n)
glut (v/n)
- greedy, eating a lot
- greed, habit of eating a lot
- a greedy person, one who eats a lot
- (v) to eat a lot, to supply excessively (n) excessive supply
- Ex. the global dollar glut during the vietnam war era
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rapacious (a)
rapacity (n)
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insatiable (a)
insatiation (n)
satiate (v)
- greedy; unsatisfiable
- greed
- to satisfy fully
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cupidity (n)
greed; excessive desire for wealth
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improvident (a)
wasteful without considering the future needs; having no foresight
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profligate (a/n)
wasteful
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spendthrift (a/n)
wasteful
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sumptuous (a)
- 1. costly looking
- 2. wasteful
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thrifty (a)
careful in spending
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sparing (a)
spare (v)
- careful in spending
- to save
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frugal (a)
careful in spending
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niggardly (a)
niggard (n)
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tightfisted (a)
tightwad (n)
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skinflint (n)
stingy person
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husband (v)
husbandary (n)
- 1. to use or spend sparingly
- 2. to save
- 3. to manage a household
- 4. to farm
- (n) frugality
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indigent (a)
indigence (n)
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impecunious (a)
impecuousness (n)
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impoverished (a)
impoverishment (n)
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destitute (a)
destitution (n)
- poor; lacking necessities of life
- poverty
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privation (n)
poverty; lack of necessities of life
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