- adamant - unyielding; a very hard substance
- adroit - clever, resourceful
- amatory - sexual
- animistic - quality of recurrence or reversion to earlier form
- antic - clownish, frolicsome
- arcadian - serene
- baleful - deadly, foreboding
- bellicose - quarrelsome (its synonym belligerent can also be a noun)
- bilious - unpleasant, peevish
- boorish - crude, insensitive
- calamitous - disastrous
- caustic - corrosive, sarcastic; a corrosive substance
- cerulean - sky blue
- comely - attractive
- concomitant - accompanying
- contumacious - rebellious
- corpulent - obese
- crapulous - immoderate in appetite
- defamatory - maliciously misrepresenting
- didactic - conveying information or moral instruction
- dilatory - causing delay, tardy
- dowdy - shabby, old-fashioned; an unkempt woman
- efficacious - producing a desired effect
- effulgent - brilliantly radiant
- egregious - conspicuous, flagrant
- endemic - prevalent, native, peculiar to an area
- equanimous - even, balanced
- execrable - wretched, detestable
- fastidious - meticulous, overly delicate
- feckless - weak, irresponsible
- fecund - prolific, inventive
- friable - brittle
- fulsome - abundant, overdone, effusive
- garrulous - wordy, talkative
- guileless - naive
- gustatory - having to do with taste or eating
- heuristic - learning through trial-and-error or problem solving
- histrionic - affected, theatrical
- hubristic - proud, excessively self-confident
- incendiary - inflammatory, spontaneously combustible, hot
- insidious - subtle, seductive, treacherous
- insolent - impudent, contemptuous
- intransigent - uncompromising
- inveterate - habitual, persistent
- invidious - resentful, envious, obnoxious
- irksome - annoying
- jejune - dull, puerile
- jocular - jesting, playful
- judicious - discreet
- lachrymose - tearful
- limpid - simple, transparent, serene
- loquacious - talkative
- luminous - clear, shining
- mannered - artificial, stilted
- mendacious - deceptive
- meretricious - whorish, superficially appealing, pretentious
- minatory - menacing
- mordant - biting, incisive, pungent
- munificent - lavish, generous
- nefarious - wicked
- noxious - harmful, corrupting
- obtuse - blunt, stupid
- parsimonious - frugal, restrained
- pendulous - suspended, indecisive
- pernicious - injurious, deadly
- pervasive - widespread
- petulant - rude, ill humored
- platitudinous - resembling or full of dull or banal comments
- precipitate - steep, speedy
- propitious - auspicious, advantageous, benevolent
- puckish - impish
- querulous - cranky, whining
- quiescent - inactive, untroublesome
- rebarbative - irritating, repellent
- recalcitant - resistant, obstinate
- redolent - aromatic, evocative
- rhadamanthine - harshly strict
- risible - laughable
- ruminative - contemplative
- sagacious - wise, discerning
- salubrious - healthful
- sartorial - relating to attire, especially tailored fashions
- sclerotic - hardening
- serpentine - snake-like, winding, tempting or wily
- spasmodic - having to do with or resembling a spasm, excitable, intermittent
- strident - harsh, discordant; obtrusively loud
- taciturn - closemouthed, reticent
- tenacious - persistent, cohesive,
- tremulous - nervous, trembling, timid, sensitive
- trenchant - sharp, penetrating, distinct
- turbulent - restless, tempestuous
- turgid - swollen, pompous
- ubiquitous - pervasive, widespread
- uxorious - inordinately affectionate or compliant with a wife
- verdant - green, unripe
- voluble - glib, given to speaking
- voracious - ravenous, insatiable
- wheedling - flattering
- withering - devastating
- zealous - eager, devoted
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