• convalesce - recover and recuperate
  • banal - unoriginal, overused, boring; hackneyed; trite
  • inept - clumsy and incompetent, feckless
  • litigate - to engage in legal proceedings
  • meretricious - tawdry, falsely attractive
  • meritorious - deserving merit
  • penchant - propensity, proclivity, tendency, predilection
  • stipulate - specify
  • repine - to express discontent
  • slipshod - careless and sloppy
  • dank - unpleasantly cool and humid
  • insufferable - unbearable and impossible
  • litigious - tend to sue people, maybe excessively
  • piecemeal - one thing at a time
  • sardonic - being scornful and mocking in a humorous way
  • sequester - keep away from others
  • puerile - jejune, juvenile, childish
  • florid - elaborately or excessively ornamented/inclined to a healthy reddish color often associated with outdoor life
  • halcyon - idyllically calm and peaceful; suggesting happy tranquility
  • staunch - firm and dependable especially in loyalty; steadfast; unswerving
  • vacillate - waver back and forth, unable to decide; fluctate
  • motley - diverse and poorly organized group
  • torrid - ardent, passionate
  • lithe - supple
  • judicious - heady, wise, prudent
  • facile - superficial or effortless
  • underscore - give extra weight to (a communication), emphasize
  • undermine - counteract, sabotage, subvert, weaken
  • verdant - green with plant life, verdant pastures or verdant hills
  • nondescript - lacking distinct or individual characteristics; dull and uninteresting
  • succulent - full of juice
  • glib - artfully persuasive in speech, persuasive
  • acrimony - rough and bitter manner
  • acerbity - sharp and bitter and sour
  • ascetic - someone who practices self denial as a spiritual discipline
  • idyllic - so wonderful it seems almost magical
  • sham - fake; counterfeit
  • grouse - gripe/complain
  • fledgling - newbie, callow, unexperienced
  • obscene - offensive to the mind; repulsive, disgustingly sexual
  • fallow - unplowed, unused
  • extol - laud/ glorify
  • tipple - drinks moderately but regularly
  • ajar - something left slightly open; unfastened
  • abscond - to escape into hiding
  • chaste - moral, celibate
  • vestal - chaste woman
  • suffuse - cause to spread or flush or flood through, over, or across
  • efface - remove completely from recognition or memory
  • effuse - pour out; emit, give off
  • ruminate - ponder, mull, cogitate
  • botch - make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • awry - something goes wrong, amiss, haywire, askew
  • tidings - old-fashioned word for recent news
  • redolent - having a strong pleasant odor
  • adumbrate - outline
  • parsimonious - cheap, stringy
  • penurious - broke
  • purloin - steal, swipe, filch, pilfer, nobble
  • visage - literary term for referring to someone's face or facial features
  • assiduous - sedulous, diligent
  • amicable - agreeable
  • affable - friendly
  • intrepid - fearless, adventurous
  • prosaic - commonplace/dull
  • resplendent - gleaming, shining brightly
  • innocuous - innocent; harmless
  • inimical - unfriendly; hostile
  • impunity - exemption from punishment or loss; freedom
  • pervade - to be present throughout, to exist in every part of
  • ensuing - coming right after, or as a result of something that happened; succeeding after
  • uncouth - vulgar and ill-mannered
  • imbue - to fill up with or become "soaked" in an idea or emotion
  • imbibe - take in, soak up, absorb
  • slovenly - messy; unkempt
  • indomitable - can't be subdued, strength from within
  • unscrupulous - dishonest
  • scrupulous/painstaking/meticulous - too much attention to detail; careful
  • supercilious - haughty and proud
  • doleful - mournful; sad
  • palmy - booming; thriving; flourishing
  • jingoistic - nationalistic
  • spurious - fake
  • specious - attractive in a deceptive way
  • prescience - to foresee
  • harried - frazzled
  • corpulent - fat
  • placate - soothe; calm; pacify
  • pillage - plunder
  • emancipate - set free
  • voluble - talkative
  • enmity/rancor - animosity
  • munificent - charitable; generous
  • voracious - ravenous
  • proxy - substitute authorized to be in your place
  • raze - destroy; tear down

https://www.e-education.psu.edu/styleforstudents/c3_p16.html

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