1**Didactic**
intended to teach, especially in a moralizing way
2**Equivocal**
open to more than one interpretation; ambiguous
3**Ineffable**
too great or sacred to be expressed in words
4**Magnanimous**
generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival
5**Obsequious**
obedient or attentive to an excessive, servile degree
6**Pedantic**
overly concerned with minute details or formal rules
7**Quixotic**
exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
8**Sycophant**
a servile flatterer who seeks favor from the powerful
9**Aloof**
emotionally distant; detached or remote
10**Ingenuous**
innocent and unsuspecting; artlessly frank
11**Duplicitous**
deceitful; speaking or acting in two different ways
12**Eschew**
deliberately avoid or abstain from
13**Heterogeneous**
diverse in character or content; varied
14**Iconoclast**
one who attacks cherished beliefs or institutions
15**Laconic**
using very few words; terse
16**Substantiate**
provide evidence to support or prove
17**Unsubstantiated**
not supported or proven by evidence
18**Alleviate**
make pain or difficulty less severe
19**Bellicose**
demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight
20**Cosmopolitan**
familiar with and at ease in many cultures
21**Deleterious**
causing harm or damage
22**Obstinate**
stubbornly refusing to change one’s opinion
23**Paradigm**
a model or example; a framework of understanding
24**Transitory**
temporary; lasting only a short time
25**Wary**
cautious and alert for danger
26**Bombastic**
high-sounding but with little meaning; inflated
27**Contemptuous**
showing deep dislike or disdain
28**Derivative**
imitative of someone else’s work; unoriginal
29**Motley**
varied in appearance or character; diverse
30**Penchant**
a strong or habitual liking for something
31**Provincial**
narrow-minded; unsophisticated
32**Supercilious**
behaving as though superior to others
33**Tout**
to promote or praise energetically
34**Vitriolic**
filled with bitter criticism or malice
35**Whimsical**
playfully unusual or fanciful
36**Acumen**
keen insight; sharpness of mind
37**Acquiesce**
to accept reluctantly but without protest
38**Benign**
gentle, kind; not harmful
39**Bucolic**
relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside
40**Caustic**
sarcastic in a biting way; able to burn or corrode
41**Eclectic**
deriving ideas or style from a broad range of sources
42**Flippant**
not showing serious or respectful attitude
43**Tractable**
easily managed or controlled
44**Intractable**
hard to control or deal with; stubborn
45**Laud**
to praise highly
46**Trite**
lacking originality; overused
47**Vernacular**
everyday language spoken by ordinary people
48**Acrimonious**
angry and bitter in tone
49**Anomaly**
something that deviates from the norm
50**Capitulate**
surrender after resistance
51**Charlatan**
a fraud; one who pretends to have knowledge
52**Heretic**
one who goes against accepted religious or societal beliefs
53**Immutable**
unchanging over time
54**Insipid**
lacking flavor, interest, or vitality
55**Intrepid**
fearless, adventurous
56**Lucid**
expressed clearly; easy to understand
57**Obdurate**
stubbornly refusing to change
58**Penury**
extreme poverty
59**Tenacious**
persistent; holding firm to something
60**Vindicate**
to clear of blame or suspicion
61**Alacrity**
brisk and cheerful readiness
62**Diffident**
shy, lacking self-confidence
63**Loquacious**
very talkative
64**Mirthful**
full of joy and laughter
65**Prosaic**
dull; lacking imagination
66**Sedulous**
showing dedication and diligence
67**Soporific**
causing sleep or drowsiness
68**Tangential**
only slightly related; off-topic
69**Vapid**
dull, lacking liveliness
70**Zealot**
a fanatic; uncompromising in pursuit of ideals
71**Abate**
to lessen or reduce
72**Belligerent**
hostile and aggressive
73**Cacophony**
harsh, discordant mixture of sounds
74**Circumscribe**
to restrict within limits
75**Dilettante**
a dabbler in the arts without real commitment
76**Euphemism**
a mild or indirect expression substituted for a harsh one
77**Jovial**
cheerful and good-humored
78**Parochial**
narrow-minded; concerned only with local issues
79**Perfidy**
deceit; treachery
80**Pugnacious**
eager to fight or argue
81**Vacuous**
lacking thought or intelligence
82**Byzantine**
overly complex and intricate
83**Chary**
cautiously reluctant
84**Exculpate**
to clear from blame
85**Expedient**
convenient but possibly improper or immoral
86**Fervid**
intensely enthusiastic or passionate
87**Fervent**
having strong passion or intensity
88**Forestall**
prevent by taking action ahead of time
89**Harbinger**
a person or thing that signals what is to come
90**Interminable**
endless, seemingly without end
91**Obtuse**
slow to understand; not sharp
92**Paragon**
a perfect example of something
93**Prolific**
producing in large quantities
94**Serendipity**
accidental discovery of something fortunate
95**Cloying**
excessively sweet or sentimental
96**Condone**
to overlook or allow something wrong
97**Contentious**
causing or likely to cause an argument
98**Digression**
a temporary departure from the main topic
99**Idiosyncratic**
peculiar to an individual; highly distinctive
100**Inchoate**
just begun, not fully formed
101**Infallible**
incapable of making mistakes
102**Myriad**
a countless or extremely great number
103**Placate**
to make someone less angry or hostile
104**Recondite**
obscure; little known
105**Amorphous**
shapeless; without a definite form
106**Enthrall**
to captivate or hold spellbound
107**Elated**
extremely happy
108**Impugn**
to dispute the truth or honesty of something
109**Marginal**
of secondary or minor importance
110**Paucity**
scarcity; insufficient quantity
111**Perfunctory**
done without real interest or effort
112**Polemical**
relating to strong critical writing or speech
113**Sanguine**
optimistic, especially in difficult situations
114**Vacillate**
to waver between options
115**Aplomb**
self-confidence, especially in tough situations
116**Foible**
a minor weakness or flaw in character
117**Haphazard**
lacking order or planning
118**Indignant**
feeling anger at unfair treatment
119**Mellifluous**
sweet-sounding; pleasant to hear
120**Obstreperous**
noisy and difficult to control
121**Redolent**
strongly reminiscent of something; fragrant
122**Renounce**
to formally give up or reject
123**Sanction**
official approval OR a penalty for disobedience
124**Abeyance**
temporary suspension
125**Astute**
having sharp judgment; shrewd
126**Audacious**
bold, daring, fearless
127**Circumvent**
to find a way around rules or obstacles
128**Diaphanous**
light, delicate, and see-through
129**Diatribe**
a forceful and bitter verbal attack
130**Incredulous**
unwilling or unable to believe something
131**Maverick**
an independent-minded person
132**Maudlin**
overly sentimental and tearful
133**Prurient**
having or encouraging excessive sexual interest
134**Rectitude**
morally correct behavior
135**Utilitarian**
designed for usefulness over beauty
136**Veracity**
truthfulness; accuracy
137**Adversary**
an opponent or enemy
138**Anachronistic**
out of place in time
139**Cavalier**
showing a lack of concern; dismissive
140**Dispel**
to drive away or make disappear
141**Idealistic**
guided by high principles or ideals
142**Indelible**
not able to be removed or forgotten
143**Jingoistic**
extremely patriotic, often aggressively so
144**Palliate**
to relieve without curing
145**Perspicacious**
having keen understanding
146**Platitude**
a trite or overused remark
147**Profligacy**
reckless extravagance
148**Quotidian**
ordinary; everyday
149**Stipulate**
demand or specify as a condition
150**Voracious**
very eager or hungry
151**Admonish**
to warn or reprimand
152**Amalgam**
a mixture or blend
153**Arduous**
difficult and tiring
154**Buoyant**
cheerful and optimistic; able to float
155**Captious**
overly critical, finding fault
156**Dichotomy**
a division into two contrasting things
157**Evade**
escape or avoid
158**Lackadaisical**
lacking enthusiasm and determination
159**Permutation**
a different arrangement or variation
160**Propensity**
a natural tendency or inclination
161**Pundit**
an expert in a subject
162**Quibble**
argue over trivial matters
163**Subvert**
to undermine or overthrow
164**Ancillary**
providing necessary support
165**Belabor**
argue or elaborate excessively
166**Callous**
emotionally insensitive
167**Dilatory**
slow to act; intended to delay
168**Germane**
relevant to the subject
169**Ingenious**
clever, inventive
170**Intemperate**
lacking self-control
171**Intransigent**
unwilling to compromise
172**Mendacious**
lying; untruthful
173**Prescient**
having knowledge of events before they happen
174**Vestige**
a trace or remnant
175**Wistful**
longing or yearning
176**Bemused**
confused, puzzled
177**Conciliatory**
intended to pacify or reconcile
178**Converge**
to come together from different directions
179**Deride**
to ridicule or mock
180**Exonerate**
to clear from blame or fault
181**Galvanize**
to shock into action
182**Hapless**
unfortunate
183**Indigent**
poor, needy
184**Nonplussed**
surprised and confused
185**Onerous**
burdensome; heavy responsibility
186**Renege**
to go back on a promise
187**Seminal**
highly original and influential
188**Spurious**
false or fake
189**Stilted**
stiff, unnatural in speech or manner
190**Averse**
having a strong dislike for
191**Baleful**
threatening harm; menacing
192**Chicanery**
trickery for political/financial gain
193**Compunction**
feeling of guilt or moral hesitation
194**Fallacious**
based on a mistaken belief
195**Frenetic**
wildly excited or energetic
196**Incendiary**
designed to cause fires; inflammatory
197**Itinerant**
traveling from place to place
198**Rancor**
deep resentment or bitterness
199**Repudiate**
refuse to accept or be associated with
200**Specious**
seemingly true but actually false
201**Trenchant**
vigorous or sharp in expression
202**Cajole**
persuade with flattery or promises
203**Fleeting**
lasting for a short time
204**Implacable**
unable to be appeased
205**Impromptu**
done without preparation
206**Mercenary**
concerned with money over ethics; soldier for hire
207**Officious**
assertive in a meddlesome way
208**Peripatetic**
traveling place to place for work
209**Preclude**
prevent from happening
210**Proliferate**
to increase rapidly
211**Volatile**
unstable; likely to change suddenly
212**Conjecture**
an opinion based on incomplete info
213**Expurgate**
to remove offensive parts of a text
214**Exultant**
triumphantly happy
215**Florid**
excessively ornate; flushed complexion
216**Malleable**
easily influenced; bendable
218**Multifarious**
having many different parts or aspects
219**Nominal**
existing in name only; very small in amount
220**Portentous**
ominous; significant
221**Propitiatory**
intended to appease
222**Spurn**
to reject with disdain
223**Sybaritic**
fond of luxury and pleasure
224**Vituperate**
to speak abusively
225**Voluble**
talkative; fluent speech
226**Euphony**
pleasing sound
227**Excavate**
to dig out
228**Exhort**
strongly encourage
229**Facetious**
treating serious issues humorously
230**Mawkish**
overly sentimental
231**Nadir**
lowest point
232**Ostensible**
apparent, but not necessarily real
233**Panache**
flamboyant confidence
234**Plasticity**
ability to be shaped or molded
235**Prognosticate**
to predict the future
236**Rapacious**
aggressively greedy
237**Stagnate**
to stop developing or flowing
238**Treacly**
excessively sweet or sentimental
239**Denizen**
an inhabitant
240**Divulge**
reveal something secret
241**Expedite**
make a process happen faster
242**Extemporaneous**
spoken or done without preparation
243**Imperious**
commanding; domineering
244**Judicious**
showing good judgment
245**Libel**
written defamation
246**Myopic**
short-sighted, lacking foresight
247**Polymath**
a person with wide knowledge
248**Ruminate**
think deeply about
249**Sheepish**
showing embarrassment
250**Sophistry**
deceptive reasoning
251**Torpor**
a state of mental or physical inactivity
252**Torpid**
sluggish, inactive
253**Voluptuous**
full of luxury or sensual pleasure
254**Apprise**
to inform or tell
255**Conflate**
combine into one
256**Delectable**
delicious
257**Edify**
instruct morally or intellectually
258**Empiricism**
relying on experience or observation
259**Explicate**
explain in detail
260**Fickle**
changeable, especially in loyalty
261**Inculcate**
instill by repetition
262**Rebut**
argue against
263**Resuscitate**
revive from unconsciousness or death
265**Blunder**
a careless mistake
266**Connoisseur**
an expert judge in taste
267**Equanimity**
calmness under stress
268**Expunge**
erase or remove
269**Forbearance**
patience; self-control
270**Imperturbable**
unable to be upset
271**Meld**
blend or combine
272**Rhetoric**
persuasive language
273**Solvent**
able to pay debts
274**Truncate**
shorten by cutting
275**Watershed**
turning point
276**Synthesize**
combine to form a whole
277**Aspersion**
a damaging remark
278**Becalm**
to make motionless; soothe
279**Denigrate**
criticize unfairly
280**Disquiet**
a feeling of anxiety
281**Humbuggery**
deceptive behavior
282**Indispensable**
absolutely necessary
283**Phlegmatic**
calm, unemotional
284**Picayune**
trivial; of little value
285**Protégé**
one guided by a mentor
286**Quackery**
dishonest medical practices
287**Untenable**
not able to be maintained
288**Unwieldy**
difficult to carry or manage