skulk, malinger, arrogance

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  1. skulk
    lie in wait or behave in a sneaky and secretive manner
  2. malinger
    avoid responsibilities and duties, often by faking illness
  3. arrogance
    overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner
  4. feckless
    generally incompetent and ineffectual
  5. incompetent
    not qualified or suited for a purpose
  6. sully
    make dirty or spotty
  7. taint
    place under suspicion or cast doubt upon
  8. besmirch
    smear so as to make dirty or stained
  9. denigrate
    attack the good name and reputation of someone
  10. belated
    after the expected or usual time
  11. disconcert
    cause to lose one's composure
  12. cunctation
    the act of putting off or delaying an action to a later time
  13. flummox
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  14. rapport
    a relationship of mutual understanding between people
  15. abstruse
    difficult to understand
  16. recondite
    difficult to understand
  17. unfathomable
    impossible to come to understand
  18. uncomprehensible
    difficult to understand
  19. abysmal
    exceptionally bad or displeasing
  20. extirpate
    destroy completely, as if down to the roots
  21. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  22. slothful
    disinclined to work or exertion
  23. otiose
    serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being
  24. exertion
    use of physical or mental energy; hard work
  25. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  26. insinuation
    an indirect (and usually malicious) implication
  27. umbrageous
    filled with shade
  28. indignant
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  29. outraged
    angered at something unjust or wrong
  30. odious
    extremely repulsive or unpleasant
  31. abominable
    unequivocally detestable
  32. revelatory
    serving to make something apparent or clearly visible
  33. apocalyptical
    prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
  34. indicative
    pointing out or revealing clearly
  35. clemency
    leniency and compassion shown toward offenders
  36. prefix
    an affix that is added in front of the word
  37. suffix
    a linguistic element that is added at the end of the word
  38. pro
    an argument in favor of a proposal
  39. favoring
  40. affirmative
    giving assent
  41. lascivious
    driven by lust
  42. lustful
    characterized by lust
  43. lewd
    suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
  44. obscene
    offensive to the mind
  45. precarious
    not secure; beset with difficulties
  46. perilous
    fraught with danger
  47. inauspicious
    boding ill
  48. suggestive
    tending to imply
  49. recalcitrant
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  50. militate
    have force or influence; bring about an effect or change
  51. implausible
    highly imaginative but unlikely
  52. injunction
    a judicial remedy to prohibit a party from doing something
  53. forfeiture
    something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty
  54. admonition
    a firm rebuke
  55. rebuke
    an act or expression of criticism and censure
  56. correlative
    expressing a reciprocal or complementary relation
  57. correlate
    bear a reciprocal or mutual relation
  58. tie in
    be in connection with something relevant
  59. unfortunately
    by bad luck
  60. alas
    by bad luck
  61. entail
    have as a logical consequence
  62. implicate
    bring into intimate and incriminating connection
  63. upheaval
    a violent disturbance
  64. turbulence
    instability in the atmosphere
  65. upheave
    lift forcefully from beneath
  66. astatic
    not static or stable
  67. changeable
    subject to change
  68. notoriety
    the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
  69. ill fame
    the state of being known for some unfavorable act or quality
  70. refractory
    stubbornly resistant to authority or control
  71. stubborn
    refusing to change one's mind or ways; difficult to convince
  72. uncooperative
    unwilling to cooperate
  73. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  74. irritable
    easily annoyed
  75. cranky
    easily irritated or annoyed
  76. nettlesome
    causing irritation or annoyance
  77. vexing
    extremely annoying or displeasing
  78. exasperating
    extremely annoying or displeasing
  79. inexorable
    impossible to prevent, resist, or stop
  80. intransigent
    impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, or reason
  81. revive
    cause to regain consciousness
  82. resurrect
    cause to become alive again
  83. superb
    surpassingly good
  84. virtuous
    morally excellent
  85. impeccable
    without error or flaw
  86. just
    and nothing more
  87. vindicatory
    of or relating to or having the nature of retribution
  88. opine
    express one's view openly and without fear or hesitation
  89. think over
    reflect deeply on a subject
  90. cerebrate
    exercise the mind in order to reason or make inferences
  91. cogitate
    consider carefully and deeply
  92. think
    judge or regard; look upon; judge
  93. contemplate
    think intently and at length, as for spiritual purposes
  94. mull over
    reflect deeply on a subject
  95. ruminate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  96. speculate
    reflect deeply on a subject
  97. ponder
    reflect deeply on a subject
  98. hyperbolic
    enlarged beyond truth or reasonableness
  99. exaggerated
    enlarged to an abnormal degree
  100. fractious
    easily irritated or annoyed
  101. adamant
    very hard native crystalline carbon valued as a gem
  102. adamantine
    consisting of or having the hardness of adamant
  103. noesis
    the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
  104. fathomable
    (of depth) capable of being sounded or measured for depth
  105. comprehensible
    capable of being understood
  106. fraternize
    be on friendly terms with someone, as if with a brother
  107. valiant
    having or showing heroism or courage
  108. valorous
    having or showing the qualities of a hero or heroine
  109. gallantry
    the qualities of a hero or heroine
  110. valor
    courage when facing danger
  111. heroism
    exceptional courage when facing danger
  112. imprisonment
    the act of confining someone in a prison
  113. incarceration
    the state of being imprisoned
  114. captivity
    the state of being imprisoned
  115. beset
    assail or attack on all sides
  116. provoke
    provide the needed stimulus for
  117. harass
    annoy continually or chronically
  118. decedent
    someone who is no longer alive
  119. dead person
    someone who is no longer alive
  120. animosity
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  121. bad blood
    a feeling of ill will arousing active hostility
  122. codicil
    a supplement to a will
  123. equivocal
    open to two or more interpretations
  124. questionable
    subject to doubtful speculation
  125. ambiguous
    having more than one possible meaning
  126. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
  127. uncertain
    lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
  128. incertain
    lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance
  129. unsure
    lacking self-confidence
  130. recap
    summarize briefly
  131. review
    look at again; examine again
  132. recapitulation
    a summary that repeats the substance of a longer discussion
  133. catharsis
    purging the body to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  134. purging
    an act of removing by cleansing
  135. purge
    rid of impurities
  136. purgation
    purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels
  137. allegeable
  138. illegible
    unable to be read
  139. revocable
    capable of being revoked or annulled
  140. irrevocable
    incapable of being retracted
  141. cyclical
    recurring in a repeated sequence of events
  142. eligible
    qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen
  143. cyclic
    marked by repeated series of events
  144. serendipity
    good luck in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  145. serendipitous
    lucky in making unexpected and fortunate discoveries
  146. respect
    regard highly; think much of
  147. regard
    the condition of being honored or respected
  148. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  149. intelligent
    having the capacity for thought and reason to a high degree
  150. advanced
    situated ahead or going before
Created on Thu Jan 24 15:55:11 EST 2008 (updated Mon Apr 07 09:59:18 EDT 2008)

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