- Hubris
- Luddite
- Innocuous
- Auspicious
- Mercurial
- Ephemeral
- Cerebral
- Inconsequential
- Profound
- Prolific
- Vehemently
- Patronize
- Spurious
- Expedite
- Misanthrope
- Nebulous
- Pertinent
- Hackneyed
- Pedantic
- Quotidian
- Salient
- inchoate
- truculent
- rakish
- fatigue
- aggrandize
- unequivocally
- reticent
- cromulent
- anomalous
- tautological
- demur
- capricious
- kismet - destiny, fate
- treacle - cloying sentimentality or flattery
- austere - severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance
- bucolic - relating to the pleasant aspects of the countryside and country life
- mitigate - make less severe, serious, or painful
- peripatetic - traveling from place to place, especially working or based in various places for relatively short periods
- itinerant
- germane - relevant to a subject under consideration
- riposte - a quick clever reply to an insult or criticism
- tawdry - showy but cheap and of poor quality
- pyrrhic - won at too great a cost to have been worthwhile for the victor
- attrition - the action or process of gradually reducing the strength or effectiveness of someone or something through sustained attack or pressure
- bifurcated
- opprobrium - harsh criticism or censure
- recalcitrant - having an obstinately uncooperative attitude toward authority or discipline.
- flippant
- abdicate - renounce one's throne
- histrionic - exaggerated dramatic behavior designed to attract attention.
- didactic - intending to teach, patronizing
- prurience - having, inclined to have, or characterized by lascivious or lustful thoughts, desires, etc. See more.
- indelible - not able to be forgotten or removed
- turpitude - wickedness
- insouciance - indifference
- sanguine - optimistic
- lingua franca - a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different
- corollary
- subjugation - to make submissive
- avuncular - like an uncle
- quixotic - exceedingly idealistic; unrealistic and impractical
- simpatico - having or characterized by shared attributes or interests; compatible
- draconian - excessively harsh and severe
- ingenue - innocent or unsophisticated young woman
- metastasize
- magnanimous - generous or forgiving, especially toward a rival or less powerful person
- ostensible - stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so
- hegemony - leadership or dominance
- ennui - a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement
- petulant - childishly sulky or bad-tempered
- acrimony - bitterness or ill feeling
- piquant - having a pleasantly sharp taste or appetizing flavor
- matriculate to be enrolled
- amortize - reduce or pay off (a debt) with regular payments
- anemoia - nostalgia for a time you've never known
- trenchant - vigorous or incisive in expression or style
- guileless - innocent and without deception
- dimorophous - occurring in or representing two distinct forms
- fecundity - the ability to produce many new ideas
- autodidact - a self-taught person
- ossify - cease developing; be stagnant or rigid
- boffo
- asymptote - a line that continually approaches a given curve but does not meet it at any finite distance
- neophyte
- shambolic - chaotic, disorganized
- sanguine
- ennui
- _portmanteau__ - combine two words
- interstitial-
- gestalt
- verboten
- abdicate
- exonerate
- shibboleth - a custom, principle, or belief distinguishing a particular class or group of people, especially a long-standing one regarded as outmoded or no longer important
- ersatz - made or used as a substitute, typically an inferior one, for something else
- atavistic - relating to or characterized by reversion to something ancient or ancestral.
- jejeune - naive, simplistic, and superficial.
- fealty
- anodyne - not likely to provoke dissent or offense; inoffensive, often deliberately so.
- obsequious - obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree.
- tautology - the saying of the same thing twice in different words, generally considered to be a fault of style
- solipsism - the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.
- halcyon days - denoting a period of time in the past that was idyllically happy and peaceful
- bon vivant - a person who enjoys a sociable and luxurious lifestyle
- shambolic - chaotic, disorganized, or mismanaged
- ne plus ultra - the perfect or most extreme example of its kind; the ultimate.
- pernicious - having a harmful effect, especially in a gradual or subtle way.
- exculpatory - clears someone or something of guilt or blame
- sanguine
- fait accompli
- moribund - at the point of death
- parosmia -- incorrect smells
- phantosmia -- phantom smells
- repudiate
- joie de vivre
- ersatz
- anodyne
- avaricious
- exploitative
- solicitous
- palliative
- anodyne
- maudlin
- punctiliousness
- ingratiating
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