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  1. bohemian
    a nonconformist who lives an unconventional life
  2. concomitant
    following or accompanying as a consequence
  3. egregious
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  4. germane
    relevant and appropriate
  5. gratuitous
    unnecessary and unwarranted
  6. harangue
    a loud bombastic declamation expressed with strong emotion
  7. epithet
    descriptive word or phrase
  8. encomium
    a formal expression of praise
  9. froward
    habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition
  10. gauche
    lacking social poise or refinement
  11. hoary
    having gray or white hair as with age
  12. homily
    a sermon on a moral or religious topic
  13. profundity
    the quality of being physically deep
  14. indemnity
    protection against future loss
  15. indemnify
    secure against future loss, damage, or liability
  16. corporeal
    having material or physical form or substance
  17. incommodious
    uncomfortably or inconveniently small
  18. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  19. impute
    attribute or credit to
  20. impuissance
    powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
  21. imprecation
    the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil
  22. insidious
    working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way
  23. ingratiate
    gain favor with somebody by deliberate efforts
  24. ingrate
    a person who shows no thankfulness or appreciation
  25. insouciant
    marked by unconcern
  26. inveigle
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering
  27. inured
    made tough by habitual exposure
  28. invidious
    containing or implying a slight or showing prejudice
  29. interdict
    command against
  30. itinerant
    traveling from place to place to work
  31. iridescent
    varying in color when seen in different lights
  32. indubitable
    too obvious to be doubted
  33. ineluctable
    impossible to avoid or evade
  34. obtrude
    push to thrust outward
  35. moribund
    being on the point of death
  36. lope
    run easily
  37. prurient
    characterized by lust
  38. punctilious
    marked by precise accordance with details
  39. pulchritude
    physical beauty, especially of a woman
  40. polemic
    a verbal or written attack, especially of a belief or dogma
  41. perspicuous
    transparently clear; easily understandable
  42. pertinacious
    stubbornly unyielding
  43. parochial
    relating to or supported by or located in a parish
  44. parsimonious
    excessively unwilling to spend
  45. paroxysm
    a sudden uncontrollable attack
  46. overweening
    presumptuously arrogant
  47. putative
    purported
  48. redolent
    having a strong pleasant odor
  49. rectitude
    righteousness as a consequence of being honorable and honest
  50. recondite
    difficult to understand
  51. reprobation
    severe disapproval
  52. reprobate
    a person without moral scruples
  53. piquant
    having an agreeably pungent taste
  54. expedient
    appropriate to a purpose
  55. insolvent
    unable to meet or discharge financial obligations
  56. imbue
    spread or diffuse through
  57. panegyric
    formally expressing praise
  58. mendicant
    a pauper who lives by begging
  59. mincing
    affectedly dainty or refined
  60. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  61. nonplus
    be a mystery or bewildering to
  62. opprobrium
    a state of extreme dishonor
  63. nihilist
    someone who rejects all theories of morality
  64. obsequious
    attempting to win favor from influential people by flattery
  65. obviate
    do away with
  66. omniscient
    knowing, seeing, or understanding everything
  67. subsume
    contain or include
  68. pathos
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  69. palliate
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of
  70. ordain
    invest with ministerial or priestly authority
  71. perverse
    deviating from what is considered moral or right or proper
  72. pejorative
    expressing disapproval
  73. suborn
    incite to commit a crime or an evil deed
  74. suppliant
    humbly entreating
  75. supplicate
    ask for humbly or earnestly, as in prayer
  76. sedulous
    marked by care and persistent effort
  77. scruples
    motivation deriving from ethical or moral principles
  78. satire
    witty language used to convey insults or scorn
  79. purveyor
    someone who supplies provisions, especially food
  80. prefatory
    serving as an introduction or preface
  81. prognosticate
    make a prediction about; tell in advance
  82. poignancy
    a quality that arouses emotions, especially pity or sorrow
  83. provenance
    where something originated or started
  84. propinquity
    the property of being close together
  85. precocious
    characterized by exceptionally early development
  86. pinion
    wing of a bird
  87. pert
    characterized by a lightly saucy or impudent quality
  88. postulate
    maintain or assert
  89. poseur
    a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not
  90. ramification
    a consequence, especially one that causes complications
  91. staid
    characterized by dignity and propriety
  92. sinuous
    curved or curving in and out
  93. sidereal
    of or relating to the stars or constellations
  94. rubric
    category name
  95. toady
    a person who tries to please someone to gain an advantage
  96. fastidious
    giving careful attention to detail
  97. mendacious
    given to lying
  98. sobriquet
    a familiar name for a person
  99. irrupt
    erupt or intensify suddenly
  100. ensconce
    fix firmly
  101. pontificate
    administer a pontifical office
  102. altruistic
    showing unselfish concern for the welfare of others
  103. prosaic
    lacking wit or imagination
  104. scurrilous
    expressing offensive, insulting, or scandalous criticism
  105. brusque
    rudely abrupt or blunt in speech or manner
  106. unfounded
    without a basis in reason or fact
  107. manifest
    clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment
  108. approbation
    official acceptance or agreement
  109. edifice
    a structure that has a roof and walls
  110. promulgated
    formally made public
  111. preposterous
    inviting ridicule
  112. nugatory
    of no real value
  113. stint
    supply sparingly and with restricted quantities
  114. taxonomy
    a classification of organisms based on similarities
  115. etymology
    a history of a word
  116. prolixity
    boring verbosity
  117. obtuse
    of an angle, between 90 and 180 degrees
  118. truant
    one who is absent from school without permission
  119. splenetic
    of or relating to the spleen
  120. fatuous
    devoid of intelligence
  121. veracious
    habitually speaking the truth
  122. captious
    tending to find and call attention to faults
  123. blithe
    carefree and happy and lighthearted
  124. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  125. raffish
    marked by a carefree unconventionality or disreputability
  126. dubious
    fraught with uncertainty or doubt
  127. wrought
    shaped to fit by altering the contours of a pliable mass
  128. maladroit
    not quick or skillful in action or thought
  129. exegesis
    an explanation or critical interpretation
  130. preclude
    make impossible, especially beforehand
  131. contretemps
    an awkward clash
  132. potentate
    a powerful ruler, especially one who is unconstrained by law
  133. cant
    a slope in the turn of a road or track
  134. foible
    a minor weakness or peculiarity in someone's character
  135. cavil
    raise trivial objections
  136. carp
    any of various freshwater fish of the family Cyprinidae
  137. fungible
    freely exchangeable for something of like nature
  138. eponymous
    relating to a name derived from a person
  139. stigmatize
    condemn or openly brand as disgraceful
  140. apposite
    being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
  141. churlish
    having a bad disposition; surly
  142. bucolic
    devoted to raising sheep or cattle
  143. countenance
    the appearance conveyed by a person's face
  144. peroration
    the concluding section of a rhetorical address
  145. diminution
    change toward something smaller or lower
  146. evince
    give expression to
Created on Sat Jul 23 10:01:19 EDT 2011

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