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| self-indulgently carefree; unconcerned about or lacking any serious purpose |
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| remarkably clear and direct; sharp; keen; acute: an incisive method of summarizing the issue |
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| characterized by or given to pretentious or conspicuous show in an attempt to impress others: an ostentatious dresser. |
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| happening or likely to happen in an unplanned or subordinate conjunction with something else |
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| devoid of freshness or originality; hackneyed; trite: a banal and sophomoric treatment of courage on the frontier |
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| any article used in some activity, esp. an instrument, tool, or utensil: agricultural implements |
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| adverse fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity, or distress: A friend will show his or her true colors in times of adversity |
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| not plausible; not having the appearance of truth or credibility: an implausible alibi. |
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| to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader. |
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| not feeling regret about one's sin or sins; obdurate |
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| uncertainty or fluctuation, esp. when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things |
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| not moderate; exceeding just or reasonable limits; excessive; extreme |
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| full of, characterized by, or showing presumption or readiness to presume in conduct or thought |
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| to supply or brighten with light; light up. |
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| widespread; of wide extent or occurrence; in general use or acceptance |
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| hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense. |
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| out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior |
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| to bring a countercharge against an accuser |
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| bitter, rankling resentment or ill will; hatred; malice |
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| a conceited, boastful person. |
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| to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge. |
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| low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice |
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| characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious |
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| the doctrine that pleasure or happiness is the highest good |
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| wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure |
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| to give careful attention to: He did not heed the warning. |
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