ACERBIC

(adj.) Having a sour or bitter taste; sharp; biting.

AGGRANDIZE 

(v.) To increase in intensity, power, influence, or prestige.

ALCHEMY

(n.) A medieval science aimed at transmutating metals into gold.

AMENABLE

(adj.) Agreeable; responsive to suggestion.

ANACHRONISM

(n.) Something or someone out of place historically or chronologically.

ASTRINGENT

(adj. or n.) Having a tightening effect on living tissue; harsh; severe.

CONTIGUOUS

(adj.) Sharing a border; touching; adjacent.

CONVENTION

(n.) A generally agreed upon practice or attitude.

CREDULOUS

(adj.) Tending to believe too readily; gullible.

CYNICISM

(n.) An attitude or quality of belief that all people are motivated by selfish intentions.

DECORUM

(n.) Polite or appropriate conduct.

DERISION

(n.) Scorn, ridicule, contemtuous treatment.

DESICCATE

(v.) To dry out or make dull.

DILETTANTE

(n.) One with an amateurish or superficial interest in the arts or branch of knowledge.

DISPARAGE

(v.) To slight or belittle.

DIVULGE

(v.) To disclose something secret.

FAWN

(v.) To flatter or praise excessively.

FLOUT

(v.) To show contempt for regarding a rule convention.

GARRULOUS

(adj.) Pointlessly talkative or talking too much.

GLIB

(adj.) Marked by ease; nonchalant; lacking depth; superficial.

HUBRIS

(n.) Overbrearing presumtion; arrogance.

IMMINENT

(adj.) About to happen; impending.

IMMUTABLE

(adj.) Not capable of change.

IMPETUOUS

(adj.) Hastily or rashly energetic; impulsive.

INDIFFERENT

(adj.) Having no interest or concern; showing no bias or prejudice.

INIMICAL

(adj.) Damaging; harmful; injurious.

INTRACTABLE

(adj.) Not easily managed or directed; stubborn; obstinate.

INTREPID

(adj.) Steadfast and courageous.

LACONIC

(adj.) Using few words; terse.

MAVERICK

(n.) an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party.

MERCURIAL

(adj.) Characterized by rapid and unpredictable change in mood.

MOLLIFY

(v.) To calm or soothe; to reduce in emotional intensity.

NEOPHYTE

(n.) A recent convert; beginner; novice.

OBFUSCATE

(v.) To deliberately obscure; to make confusing.

OBSTINATE

(adj.) Stubborn; hardheaded; uncompromising.

OBSTENTATIOUS

(adj.) Characterized by or given to pretentious display; showy.

PERVADE

(v.) To permeate throughout.

PHLEGMATIC

(adj.) Calm; sluggish; unemotional.

PLETHORA

(n.) An overabundance; surplus.

PRAGMATIC

(adj.) Practical rather than idealistic.

PRESUMPTUOUS

(adj.) Overstepping due bounds; taking liberties.

PRISTINE

(adj.) Pure; uncorrupted; clean.

PROBITY

(n.) Adherence to highest principles; complete and confirmed integrity.

PROCLIVITY

(n.) A natural predisposition or inclination.

PROFLIGATE

(adj.) Excessively wasteful; recklessly extravagent.

PROPENSITY

(n.) A natural inclination or tendency.

PROSAIC

(adj.) Dull or lacking in imagination.

PUNGENT

(adj.) Characterized by a strong smell or taste.

QUOXOTIC

(adj.) Foolishly impractical; marked by lofty romantic ideals.

QUOTIDIAN

(adj.) Occurring daily; commonplace.

RAREFY

(v.) To become thin or less dense; to refine.

RECONDITE

(adj.) Hidden or concealed; difficult to understand.

REFULGENT

(adj.) Radiant; shiny; brilliant.

RENEGE

(adj.) To fail to honor a commitment or promise.

SEDULOUS

(adj.) Diligent, persistent, or hard-working.

SHARD

(n.) A piece of broken pottery or glass.

SOPORIFIC

(adj.) Causing drowsiness or tending to induce sleep.

SPARSE

(adj.) Thin; arranged at widely spaced intervals; not dense.

SPENDTHRIFT

(n.) One who spends money wastefully.

SUBTLE

(adj.) Not obvious; elusive; difficult to discern.

TACIT

(adj.) Implied; not explicitly stated.

TERSE

(adj.) Brief and concise in wording.

TOUT

(v.) To publicly praise or promote.

TRENCHANT

(adj.) Sharply perceptive; keen; penetrating.

UNFEIGNED

(adj.) Genuine; not false or hypocritical.

UNTENABLE

(adj.) Indefensible; not viable; uninhabitable.

VACILLATE

(v.) To waver indecisively between courses or actions or opinions.

VARIEGATED

(adj.) Multicolored.

VEXATION

(n.) Annoyance; irritation.

VIGILANT

(adj.) Alertly watchful.

VITUPERATE

(v.) To use harsh, condemnatory language; severely abusive.

VOLATILE

(adj.) Changable; fickle; explosive.