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  1. addled
    confused and vague; used especially of thinking
  2. admonish
    scold or reprimand; take to task
  3. adroit
    quick or skillful or adept in action or thought
  4. adulation
    exaggerated flattery or praise
  5. adventitious
    associated by chance and not an integral part
  6. preen
    clean with one's bill
  7. petulant
    easily irritated or annoyed
  8. voracious
    devouring or craving food in great quantities
  9. esurient
    extremely hungry
  10. virulent
    extremely poisonous or injurious; producing venom
  11. tantalizing
    arousing desire or expectation for something unattainable
  12. puerile
    displaying or suggesting a lack of maturity
  13. ominous
    threatening or foreshadowing evil or tragic developments
  14. mutinous
    characterized by a rebellion against authority
  15. cavort
    play boisterously
  16. mull
    reflect deeply on a subject
  17. noisome
    causing or able to cause nausea
  18. cursory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  19. perfunctory
    hasty and without attention to detail; not thorough
  20. palatial
    relating to or being a large and stately residence
  21. punitive
    inflicting punishment
  22. meretricious
    tastelessly showy
  23. trite
    repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse
  24. tawdry
    tastelessly showy
  25. irate
    feeling or showing extreme anger
  26. adjure
    command solemnly
  27. spruce
    a tall evergreen tree that produces cones
  28. abhor
    feel hatred or disgust toward
  29. don
    a teacher or tutor, especially at Cambridge or Oxford
  30. rue
    feel sorry for; be contrite about
  31. confound
    be confusing or perplexing to
  32. suppliant
    humbly entreating
  33. imperative
    requiring attention or action
  34. plausible
    apparently reasonable, valid, or truthful
  35. assuage
    provide physical relief, as from pain
  36. travesty
    a composition that imitates or misrepresents a style
  37. catapult
    an engine providing medieval artillery used during sieges
  38. bourgeois
    being of the property-owning class
  39. relegate
    assign to a lower position
  40. farce
    a comedy characterized by broad satire
  41. disquisition
    an elaborate analytical or explanatory essay or discussion
  42. plaudit
    enthusiastic approval
  43. vex
    disturb, especially by minor irritations
  44. patois
    a regional dialect of a language
  45. implication
    something that is inferred
  46. vapid
    lacking significance or liveliness or spirit or zest
  47. snicker
    laugh quietly
  48. truism
    an obvious statement of fact
  49. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  50. slake
    satisfy, as thirst
  51. sunder
    break apart or in two, using violence
  52. coquettish
    like a flirtatious woman
  53. furtive
    secret and sly
  54. saucy
    improperly forward or bold
  55. dowdy
    lacking in stylishness or taste
  56. laudatory
    full of or giving praise
  57. inchoate
    only partly in existence; imperfectly formed
  58. eschew
    avoid and stay away from deliberately
  59. hone
    sharpen with a whetstone
  60. expatiate
    add details to clarify an idea
  61. flagrant
    conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible
  62. rapacious
    living by preying on other animals
  63. garrulous
    full of trivial conversation
  64. puissant
    powerful
  65. gaudy
    tastelessly showy
  66. unwholesome
    detrimental to physical or moral well-being
  67. agnostic
    a person who claims the existence of God is unknowable
  68. odium
    hate coupled with disgust
  69. bereaved
    sorrowful through loss or deprivation
  70. premonition
    an early warning about a future event
  71. recourse
    act of turning to for assistance
  72. deprecate
    express strong disapproval of; deplore
  73. impugn
    attack as false or wrong
  74. succor
    assistance in time of difficulty
  75. assay
    a test of a substance to determine its components
  76. placebo
    an innocuous or inert medication
  77. pious
    having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity
  78. revile
    spread negative information about
  79. suffice
    be adequate, either in quality or quantity
  80. monolith
    a single great stone, often in the form of a column
  81. decry
    express strong disapproval of
  82. edifice
    a structure that has a roof and walls
  83. delimit
    set, mark, or draw the boundaries of something
  84. quagmire
    a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
  85. hound
    a dog used for hunting typically having large drooping ears
  86. vandalism
    willful and malicious destruction of the property of others
  87. bigotry
    intolerance and prejudice
  88. scunner
    a strong dislike
  89. cynical
    believing the worst of human nature and motives
  90. furore
    an interest followed with exaggerated zeal
  91. circumspect
    careful to consider potential consequences and avoid risk
  92. sluggish
    moving slowly
  93. spurt
    gush forth in a sudden stream or jet
  94. wary
    marked by keen caution and watchful prudence
  95. wrest
    obtain by seizing forcibly or violently, also metaphorically
  96. augur
    predict from an omen
  97. estrange
    remove from customary environment or associations
  98. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  99. quirk
    a strange attitude or habit
  100. jettison
    throw away, of something encumbering
  101. fiddle
    a hand-held stringed instrument played with a bow
  102. mince
    cut into small pieces
  103. hitherto
    up to this point; until the present time
  104. obscure
    not clearly understood or expressed
  105. innocuous
    not injurious to physical or mental health
  106. brazenness
    behavior marked by a bold defiance of the proprieties and lack of shame
  107. grisly
    shockingly repellent; inspiring horror
  108. indignation
    a feeling of righteous anger
  109. averse
    strongly opposed
  110. aggravate
    make worse
  111. allude
    make an indirect reference to
  112. allusion
    passing reference or indirect mention
  113. ambivalent
    uncertain or unable to decide about what course to follow
Created on Sun Sep 11 14:58:58 EDT 2011 (updated Tue Aug 14 11:43:43 EDT 2012)

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