Smart Words

• full of pretense or pretension.
• snobbish, conceited

• having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
• friendly; sociable: an amiable greeting; an amiable gathering.

• –adjective
• characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.

• exaggeratedly or ostentatiously dignified or self-important
• arrogant, egotistic, boastful

domineering in a haughty manner; dictatorial; overbearing, arrogant. an imperious person.

urgent; imperative: imperious need.

extremely careful,characterized by careful observation of what is morally right

to avoid or escape by speed, cleverness, trickery, etc.; evade: to elude capture.avoid; escape

out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming, Unsuitable for the time, place, or occasion

• not in harmony; conflicting
• being at variance; disagreeing; incongruous: discordant opinions.
• at variance; disagreeing

• existing independently of perception or an individual's conceptions: are there objective moral values?
• undistorted by emotion or personal bias

–adjective

characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser.

(of actions, manner, qualities exhibited, etc.) intended to attract notice: Lady Bountiful's ostentatious charity.

extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.

extremely original; without restriction to prior ideas; highly inventive: an audacious vision of the city's bright future.

recklessly bold in defiance of convention, propriety, law, or the like; insolent; brazen.

lively; unrestrained; uninhibited: an audacious interpretation of her role.

boldly courageous; brave; stout-hearted: a valiant soldier.

marked by or showing bravery or valor; heroic: to make a valiant effort.

worthy; excellent.

— adj

lacking some essential; incomplete; defective

inadequate in quantity or supply; insufficient

• –adjective
• scanty; meager; small; slender: exiguous income.

gay, bright, or colourful in a crude or vulgar manner; garish

• to overcome with fear; intimidate: to daunt one's adversaries.
• to lessen the courage of; dishearten: Don't be daunted by the amount of work still to be done.

disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.

• Noun
• a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress: A friend will show his or her true colors in times of adversity.

• Adj
• disposed or inclined to revenge; vengeful: a vindictive person.

• a searching examination or investigation; minute inquiry.
• surveillance; close and continuous watching or guarding.
• a close and searching look.

pleasantly easy to approach and to talk to; friendly; cordial; warmly polite: an affable and courteous gentleman.

• open to or having several possible meanings or interpretations; equivocal: an ambiguous answer.
• difficult to understand or classify; obscure

• give notice, inform
• to be apprised of the death of an old friend.

• marked by readiness to fight or argue; aggressive: a belligerent tone
• warlike; given to waging war.

• brazenly obvious; flagrant: a blatant error in simple addition; a blatant lie.
• offensively noisy or loud; clamorous: blatant radios.

• easy to see through, understand, or recognize; obvious
• easily seen through, recognized, or detected: transparent excuses.

a destructive fire, usually an extensive one

stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.

An economic system in which the production and distribution of goods are controlled substantially by the government rather than by private enterprise, and in which cooperation rather than competition guides economic activity.

an economic system in which investment in and ownership of the means of production, distribution, and exchange of wealth is made and maintained chiefly by private individuals or corporations, especially as contrasted to cooperatively or state-owned means of wealth.

• advocacy of a classless society in which private ownership has been abolished and the means of production and subsistence belong to the community
• a theory or system of social organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.

Domination by a government of all political, social, and economic activities in a nation.

a governmental system led by a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing an aggressive nationalism and often racism.

private, careful to avoid social embarrassment or distress

obvious, easily seen

criticize hatefully, to scold

severe criticism

to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition

aware, having knowledge of

large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful:

confirm or support

unkempt, untidy, out of place, messy

dictatorial, opinionated

doubtful, uncertain

• to use vague or ambiguous language, esp in order to avoid speaking directly or honestly; hedge
• avoid an issue

to make more intense , aggravate, make worse

free from blame, exonerate, forgive

difficult; requiring hard labor

conflicting, uncertainty or fluctuation

all powerful, godlike

to give warning of; predict or foreshadow

portending(foreshadowing) evil or harm

in excess of what is reasonable; excessive;

full of vitality, energetic, enthusiastic

unruly, stubborn, difficult

economical, not wasteful, sparing

entire range of; scale

enjoying the company of other, sociable

evil; atrocious

close and careful attention; notice. Take heed, he didn't heed the warning (v)

to draw or bring out or forth; educe; evoke, to draw out

Illegal, forbidden

to appease or pacify

unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others

thick and sticky

continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending

to stir up or provoke to action, to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action

seriously impoverished condition; poverty.

to yield to an inclination or desire, gratify

clumsy, unskilled; incompetent

1. frank, straightforward, open. free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere, honest,trustful

not harmful or injurious; harmless

dull, uninteresting, boring

fearless; daring; bold

easily angered; irritable

without energy or spirit, dull, listless

lustful; lecherous, sexually aroused

babbling, talkative

a condition of general bodily weakness or discomfort, often marking the onset of a disease, depression, sickness

not satisfied or content with currently prevailing conditions or circumstances.

an incorrect or unsuitable name or term for a person or thing

to pacify; soothe, appease

everyday, ordinary, as compared with heavenly or earthly matters.

a very great or indefinitely great number of persons or things. Innumerable