• 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

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