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  1. abash
    cause to be embarrassed
  2. penurious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  3. ineffable
    defying expression or description
  4. meager
    deficient in amount or quality or extent
  5. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  6. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  7. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  8. stature
    the height of a standing person
  9. kerfuffle
    a disorderly outburst or tumult
  10. disheartened
    made less hopeful or enthusiastic
  11. deplorable
    of very poor quality or condition
  12. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  13. umbrageous
    filled with shade
  14. impervious
    not admitting of passage or capable of being affected
  15. impetuous
    characterized by undue haste and lack of thought
  16. insensate
    devoid of feeling and consciousness and animation
  17. insentient
    lacking consciousness, responsiveness, or emotions
  18. sentient
    endowed with feeling and unstructured consciousness
  19. dissent
    a difference of opinion
  20. cumbersome
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
  21. cumbrous
    difficult to handle or use, especially because of size or weight
  22. facetious
    cleverly amusing in tone
  23. falter
    move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  24. mundane
    found in the ordinary course of events
  25. abounding
    existing in abundance
  26. feeble
    pathetically lacking in force or effectiveness
  27. debile
    lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
  28. decrepit
    worn and broken down by hard use
  29. sapless
    destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry
  30. destitute
    poor enough to need help from others
  31. impoverished
    poor enough to need help from others
  32. dire
    fraught with extreme danger; nearly hopeless
  33. fallacy
    a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning
  34. fallacious
    containing or based on incorrect reasoning
  35. implore
    beg or request earnestly and urgently
  36. unforeseen
    not anticipated
  37. gregarious
    temperamentally seeking and enjoying the company of others
  38. gingerly
    in a manner marked by extreme care or delicacy
  39. drawl
    a slow speech pattern with prolonged vowels
  40. formidable
    extremely impressive in strength or excellence
  41. remand
    refer a matter or legal case back to another authority
  42. asperity
    harshness of manner
  43. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  44. assent
    agree or express agreement
  45. inequitable
    not just or fair
  46. reprimand
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  47. amend
    make revisions to
  48. callous
    emotionally hardened
  49. severed
    detached by cutting
  50. remediate
    set straight or right
  51. rectify
    make right or correct
  52. bantering
    cleverly amusing in tone
  53. zany
    ludicrous or foolish
  54. careen
    move at high speed and in an uncontrolled way
  55. stagger
    walk with great difficulty
  56. unscrupulous
    without principles
  57. scrupulous
    characterized by extreme care and great effort
  58. scruples
    motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles
  59. entrancing
    capturing interest as if by a spell
  60. enthralling
    able to capture and hold one's interest or attention
  61. accede
    yield to another's wish or opinion
  62. acquiesce
    agree or express agreement
  63. Zeitgeist
    the spirit of the time
  64. impecunious
    not having enough money to pay for necessities
  65. pretentious
    creating an appearance of importance or distinction
  66. portentous
    of momentous or ominous significance
  67. prodigious
    great in size, force, extent, or degree
  68. gauge
    an instrument for measuring and indicating a quantity
  69. myopic
    unable to see distant objects clearly
  70. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  71. perturb
    disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried
  72. peruse
    examine or consider with attention and in detail
  73. pert
    characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
  74. impertinent
    improperly forward or bold
  75. pestilence
    any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  76. pesky
    causing irritation or annoyance
  77. pestiferous
    contaminated with infecting organisms
  78. inundate
    fill or cover completely, usually with water
  79. scantily
    in a sparse or scanty way
  80. succumb
    give in, as to overwhelming force, influence, or pressure
  81. ebullient
    joyously unrestrained
  82. reprise
    a repetition of a short musical passage
  83. apprise
    inform somebody of something
  84. comprise
    be made of
  85. abase
    cause to feel shame
  86. mortify
    cause to feel shame
  87. chagrin
    strong feelings of embarrassment
  88. obviate
    do away with
  89. deride
    treat or speak of with contempt
  90. chiseller
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
  91. swindler
    a person who steals by means of deception or fraud
  92. fleece
    the outer coat of an animal, especially sheep and yaks
  93. grifter
    a person who swindles you by means of deception or fraud
  94. garner
    assemble or get together
  95. unmindful
    (followed by `to' or `of') lacking conscious awareness of
  96. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  97. chastise
    scold or criticize severely
  98. castigate
    inflict severe punishment on
  99. ostracise
    expel from a community or group
  100. complacent
    contented to a fault with oneself or one's actions
  101. vicarious
    experienced at secondhand
  102. inept
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  103. crass
    so unrefined as to be offensive or insensitive
  104. avert
    turn away or aside
  105. arrant
    complete and without qualification
  106. disintegrate
    break into parts or components or lose cohesion or unity
  107. catapult
    an engine providing medieval artillery used during sieges
  108. nuzzle
    gently rub or push one's nose or face against something
  109. decimate
    kill in large numbers
  110. assimilate
    make alike
  111. annihilate
    kill in large numbers
  112. eradicate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  113. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  114. snide
    expressive of contempt
  115. sneering
    expressive of contempt
  116. coveted
    greatly desired
  117. exude
    release in drops or small quantities
  118. exuberant
    joyously unrestrained
  119. depict
    give a description of
  120. evince
    give expression to
  121. gouger
    an attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye
  122. belligerent
    characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
  123. epitome
    a standard or typical example
  124. paradigm
    a standard or typical example
  125. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  126. pernicious
    exceedingly harmful
  127. inauspicious
    boding ill
  128. auspicious
    indicating favorable circumstances and good luck
  129. propitiousness
    the favorable quality of strongly indicating a successful result
  130. salacious
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  131. prurient
    characterized by lust
  132. lubricious
    characterized by lust
  133. elude
    escape, either physically or mentally
  134. evade
    avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing
  135. inculpate
    suggest that someone is guilty
  136. incriminate
    suggest that someone is guilty
  137. presentiment
    a feeling of evil to come
  138. boding
    a feeling of evil to come
  139. premonition
    an early warning about a future event
  140. defile
    make dirty or spotty
  141. sully
    make dirty or spotty
  142. mar
    cause to become imperfect
  143. vitiate
    make imperfect
  144. subvert
    overthrow or destroy completely
  145. debauch
    a wild gathering
  146. debauchery
    a wild gathering
  147. debase
    make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance
  148. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
  149. befuddle
    be confusing or perplexing to
  150. discombobulate
    cause to be confused emotionally
  151. bewilder
    cause to be confused emotionally
  152. dumbfound
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  153. stupefy
    make someone dazed or foolish
  154. stun
    make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow
  155. gravel
    rock fragments and pebbles
  156. raspy
    unpleasantly harsh or grating in sound
  157. pose
    assume a bearing as for artistic purposes
  158. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  159. bemuse
    cause to be confused emotionally
  160. tarnish
    make or become dirty or dull, as by exposure to air
  161. seeming
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  162. ostensible
    appearing as such but not necessarily so
  163. ostensive
    represented or appearing as such; pretended
  164. echt
    not fake or counterfeit
  165. genuine
    not fake or counterfeit
  166. fathom
    a linear unit of measurement for water depth
  167. leery
    openly distrustful and unwilling to confide
  168. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  169. ostentatious
    intended to attract notice and impress others
  170. pompous
    puffed up with vanity
  171. modest
    marked by simplicity; having a humble opinion of yourself
  172. unassuming
    not arrogant
  173. meek
    humble in spirit or manner
  174. presume
    take to be the case or to be true
  175. audacious
    disposed to venture or take risks
  176. brassy
    resembling or containing an alloy of zinc and copper
  177. tacky
    tastelessly showy
  178. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  179. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  180. gaudy
    tastelessly showy
  181. dispose
    give, sell, or transfer to another
  182. discard
    anything that is cast aside
  183. incline
    lower or bend, as in a nod or bow
  184. corpulence
    the property of excessive fatness
  185. daunting
    discouraging through fear
  186. intimidating
    discouraging through fear
  187. daunt
    cause to lose courage
  188. dash
    run or move very quickly
  189. cowardice
    the trait of lacking courage
  190. rash
    imprudently incurring risk
  191. imprudent
    not sensible, responsible, or wise
  192. negligent
    characterized by undue lack of attention or concern
  193. diligent
    quietly and steadily persevering in detail or exactness
  194. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  195. assiduous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  196. rumbustious
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  197. rambunctious
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  198. boisterous
    marked by exuberance and high spirits
  199. unruly
    unable to be governed or controlled
  200. egoist
    a conceited and self-centered person
  201. benevolent
    showing or motivated by sympathy and understanding
  202. philanthropic
    of or relating to charitable giving
  203. malevolent
    wishing or appearing to wish evil to others
  204. malicious
    having the nature of threatening evil
  205. vindictive
    disposed to seek revenge or intended for revenge
  206. spiteful
    showing malicious ill will and a desire to hurt
  207. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  208. misanthropic
    hating mankind in general
  209. malefic
    having or exerting a malignant influence
  210. chesty
    marked by a large or well-developed chest
  211. arrogant
    having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance
  212. clamorous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  213. blatant
    without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious
  214. vociferous
    conspicuously and offensively loud
  215. conspicuous
    obvious to the eye or mind
  216. inconspicuous
    not prominent or readily noticeable
  217. robustious
    noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
  218. prudent
    marked by sound judgment
  219. judicious
    marked by the exercise of common sense in practical matters
  220. heedful
    giving close and thoughtful attention
  221. attentive
    taking heed
  222. bodacious
    not held back by conventional ideas of behavior
  223. lascivious
    driven by lust
  224. beguiling
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  225. alluring
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  226. enticing
    highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire
  227. beguile
    attract; cause to be enamored
  228. enamor
    attract
  229. lewd
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  230. capricious
    determined by chance or impulse rather than by necessity
  231. becoming
    displaying or setting off to best advantage
  232. galling
    causing irritation or annoyance
  233. snotty
    (used colloquially) overly conceited or arrogant
  234. snooty
    overly conceited or arrogant
  235. dingbat
    a silly empty-headed person
  236. dimwit
    a stupid incompetent person
  237. nescient
    uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication
  238. berate
    censure severely or angrily
  239. appalled
    struck with dread, shock, or dismay
  240. rant
    talk at length in a noisy, excited, or angry manner
  241. rave
    talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner
  242. gush
    flow forth in a sudden stream or jet
  243. tackle
    seize and throw down an opponent player carrying the ball
  244. undertake
    enter upon an activity or enterprise
  245. impose
    charge and collect payment
  246. compel
    force somebody to do something
Created on Mon Sep 10 06:39:09 EDT 2007

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