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| adj. Arising from a sense of guilt; done or said out of a sense of guilt or remorse. Very sorry; genuinely and deeply sorry about something. "He was suitable contrite." |
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| adj. Behaving or done in an obsequious way in order to gain advantage. |
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| adj. Belonging naturally; essential. |
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| adj. Characterized by or arising from anger. Easily made angry. |
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| adj. Done or shown openly; plainly or readily apparent, not secret or hidden. |
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| adj. Excessively or ingratiatingly flattering. "Anxious to please in an unctuous way." |
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| adj. Extremely severe or harmful in its effects. Bitterly hostile or antagonistic; hateful. |
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| adj. Having a mournful quality. |
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| adj. Having an irritatingly strong and unpleasant taste or smell. Angry and bitter. |
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| adj. Having or showing knowledge of events before they take place; foresight. "You should be prescient about choosing your employer." |
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| adj. Incapable of producing any useful result; pointless. |
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| adj. Inspiring fear or respect through being impressively powerful, large, or capable. |
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| adj. Intelligently analytical and clear-thinking. Accurate and sharply focused. |
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| adj. Intended to gain approval or favor |
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| adj. Kind and friendly toward younger or less experienced people. "An avuncular manner of relating to her nephews." |
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| adj. Lacking knowledge; ignorant. |
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| adj. Little known, obscure, abstruse. |
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| adj. Manifesting or characterized by unusually early development or maturity, especially in mental aptitude. "A precocious child." |
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| adj. Not honorable in character or purpose; shameful. |
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| adj. Obedient or attentive to an excessive or servile degree. |
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| adj. Overcome with anger; extremely indignant. |
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| adj. Overly theatrical or dramatic. n. Exaggerated behavior designed to attract attention. |
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| adj. Promiscuous and unprincipled. Lacking moral discipline. "Donald Trump is licentious in his ambitious run for the Republican nomination." |
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| adj. Relating to or constituting a title. "The titular head of the business." |
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| adj. Showing or suffering from nervousness, fear, or lack of confidence. |
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| adj. Shrewd; showing keen mental discernment and good judgment. |
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| adj. Used in ordinary conversation; not formal or literary. |
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| adj. Very weak or slight; insubstantial. |
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| n. A feeling of fear or agitation about something that may or may not actually happen. |
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| n. A sign or warning that something significant is likely to happen. |
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| n. A spontaneous or natural liking or sympathy for something. |
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| n. The act or process of merging. A flowing together of two or more streams. |
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| n. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. |
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| tr.v. Bring oneself into favor or good graces of another, especially by deliberate effort. |
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| v. Deprive or take away something of its essential content. "The compromise eviscerated the proposed argument." |
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| v. Make something clear. Explain. |
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| v. Render obscure, unclear, or unintelligible. Bewilder someone. |
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| v. To reduce in amount, degree, or intensity; lessen. "The wind finally abated." |
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| adj. pertaining to refraction: bending back |
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